2 Palestinians stab soldiers, shot dead — Israeli military

An ultra Orthodox Jew flashes victory signs at the scene of an alleged stabbing attack in Jerusalem Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. ‘The terrorist pulled out a knife and tried to stab the policeman and was quickly killed by police gunfire.

Police said they had “spotted a man who aroused their suspicions and approached him to check”.

The Israeli regime’s military claimed that the slain Palestinians had stabbed an Israeli soldier, slightly wounding him, before being gunned down by Zionist troops. Meanwhile the bodies of four Palestinians killed earlier in December have been repatriated.

An Israeli soldier was wounded after a stabbing attack at the Hawara checkpoint.

Al-Jabi was critically injured and evacuated by Palestinian medics to the Rafidiya hospital in Nablus where he died shortly from gunshot wounds to the jaw and neck.

Twenty Israelis and at least 127 Palestinians have been killed in nearly daily street attacks and clashes over the past three months.

Israel Radio reported Sunday that Israel ignored warnings of violence and rejected a Palestinian proposal over the summer to meet for secret negotiations which would include the drawing up of proposed borders of a Palestinian state.

Palestinian leaders say a young generation sees no hope for the future living under Israeli security restrictions and with a stifled economy.

Also on Sunday, Israeli security forces arrested a Palestinian woman caught with a knife, suspected of planning to carry out an attack near Ma’ale Shomron, a Jewish settlement in the northern West Bank. The protesters joined hands and formed a human chain around parts of the Old City walls.

Meantime, Secretary General of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee Saeb Erekat on Sunday accused Israel of closing down all doors for the resumption of the stalled peace process in the Middle East. According to Palestinian media reports, the terrorists were 17-year-old Muhammad Sabana and 23-year-old Nur Sabana from Kfar Kabatia south of the West Bank city of Jenin. The suspected attackers were shot dead during the attack and the soldiers were lightly and moderately injured.