Palestinians who tried to stab soldiers shot dead

A spokeswoman said the attack occurred in the north of the Jordan Valley.

At the same time, 146 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, most while carrying out attacks. Palestinian officials were so moved that a woman had taken to terrorism, helping slaughter 38 civilians (including 13 children) on a bus seized on an Israeli coastal road in 1978 in an attack that killed all nine attackers, that they named a square in Ramallah for her. They use her name for girls summer camps.

According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), 85 percent of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli troops since the beginning of violence were “extra-judicially executed”.

Halabi, a 19-year-old law student, was shot dead by Israeli police on October 3 after stabbing Rabbi Nehemiah Lavi and Aharon Banita, and injuring Bennett’s wife and their two-year-old son in the Old City.

In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, more than 500,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements that encircle Palestinian communities and dissect the region’s territorial contiguity.

According to B’Tselem, an Israeli organisation working for human rights in the occupied territories, not only are house demolitions unlawful since they constitute deliberate harm to innocents, but their deterrent effect has never been proven.

Commentators say the surge in attacks has been fueled by the collapse of U.S.-sponsored peace talks in 2014, the growth of Jewish settlements on land Palestinians want for a future state and Islamist calls for the destruction of Israel.

Shortly afterwards, Khalil Al Shalaldah, aged 16, from Sa’ir, was also killed by Israeli forces after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at Beit ‘Einun junction.

They were buried in the West Bank village of Sair.

The area has been a frequent target for Palestinian attackers lately.

Since the start of the year Israel has returned the bodies of 26 Palestinians to their families.