Israel Reports 3 More Stabbing Attacks

Authorities say Palestinians wielding knives were killed in all 3 instances
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Oct 17, 2015 9:00 AM CDT
Israel Reports 3 More Stabbing Attacks
The body of an alleged Palestinian attacker is removed from the scene in Jerusalem Saturday.   (Mahmoud Illean)

Israelis shot dead three Palestinians they said had attacked them with knives on Saturday, the latest in a month of violent confrontations. Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said a 16-year-old Palestinian drew a knife on officers in Jerusalem when they stopped him to ask for identification after a bystander said he was behaving suspiciously. She said the officers shot and killed the teenager after he tried to stab them. The incident took place near where two Palestinian men boarded a bus earlier in the week and began shooting and stabbing passengers, killing two. Elsewhere on Saturday, Israel's military said an Israeli pedestrian shot and killed a Palestinian who tried to stab him in the West Bank city of Hebron, a frequent flashpoint where a few hundred Jewish settlers live in close proximity to tens of thousands of Palestinians.

The military said the Palestinian was shot dead before he could harm the man. Later, police said a Palestinian woman stabbed a female officer at a border police base in Hebron before the officer shot her dead. The officer's hand was lightly wounded. Over the past month, eight Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, most of them stabbings. In that time, 39 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, including 18 labeled by Israel as attackers, and the rest in clashes with Israeli troops.The violence erupted a month ago over the Jewish New Year, fueled by rumors that Israel was plotting to take over Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, a hilltop compound revered by Jews as the Temple Mount and home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam's third-holiest shrine and a key national symbol for the Palestinians. Israel has adamantly denied the allegations. (More Israel and Palestinians stories.)

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