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| Israel stabbing: American tourist 'killed by Palestinian attacker in Jaffa' | Israel stabbing: American tourist 'killed by Palestinian attacker in Jaffa' |
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| An American graduate student was stabbed to death and at least nine others were wounded in attacks in the Israeli port city of Jaffa. | |
| Vanderbilt University student Taylor Force was identified by the school as the American victim of the attack. | |
| "This horrific act of violence has robber our Vanderbilt family of a young, hopeful life and all of the bright promis that he held for bettering our greater world," Chancellor Nick Zeppos wrote in a letter to the student body. | |
| Israeli police said that a Palestinian assailant wounded nine others on the popular boardwalk in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. The assailant was shot dead by police and later identified by Israeli Haaertz as 25-year-old Fouad Tammi. | Israeli police said that a Palestinian assailant wounded nine others on the popular boardwalk in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. The assailant was shot dead by police and later identified by Israeli Haaertz as 25-year-old Fouad Tammi. |
| Four Palestinian attackers were shot and killed in the course of the day’s violence as Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel to meet former Israeli president Shimon Peres. | Four Palestinian attackers were shot and killed in the course of the day’s violence as Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel to meet former Israeli president Shimon Peres. |
| Tuesday’s violence came as Israel disputed suggestions that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “surprised” the Obama administration by scrapping a planned visit to the US. | Tuesday’s violence came as Israel disputed suggestions that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “surprised” the Obama administration by scrapping a planned visit to the US. |
| Mr Netanyahu had been penciled in to attend an annual conference hosted by American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel group, in Washington later this month. | Mr Netanyahu had been penciled in to attend an annual conference hosted by American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel group, in Washington later this month. |
| Israel insisted it had informed the White House in advance that there was a “good chance” Mr Netanyahu would stay at home. | Israel insisted it had informed the White House in advance that there was a “good chance” Mr Netanyahu would stay at home. |
| Palestinian attacks have killed 28 Israelis and two Americans since October 2015, Reuters reports. Israeli forces have killed nearly 180 Palestinians. | Palestinian attacks have killed 28 Israelis and two Americans since October 2015, Reuters reports. Israeli forces have killed nearly 180 Palestinians. |