Israel military: Palestinian killed after a stabbing soldier

Local officials said the attacker had tried to infiltrate the settlement of Efrat and a manhunt was underway before he pounced on the officer and stabbed him.

On Friday, two Palestinians rammed a vehicle into a bus stop used by Israelis near the adjacent Kiryat Arba settlement, causing injuries before troops killed one of the assailants.

The Republican senator who oversees the US foreign aid budget said Friday that Israel made a mistake by signing a new $38 billion security agreement with the Obama administration.

After three weeks of relative quiet, a 28-year-old assailant lunged toward Israeli Border Police stationed at Jerusalem’s busy Damascus Gate, an entrance to the Old City popular with tourists and Arab residents from East Jerusalem, according to Israeli authorities.

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, condemned Israel for the “extra-judicial killings” of this weekend’s attackers but did not condemn the assaults themselves.

The gunfire killed the driver, a Palestinian identified as Fares Musa Khdoor, 18, from a nearby village, Bani Naim. The man was reportedly carrying three knives. (Arabic for “God is great!”) The police shot him to death and later reported discovering another knife on his body.

Video of the scene shows a small pickup truck with a smashed front bumper.

A military statement said the attacker drew a knife during a routine security check in Hebron’s Tel Rumeida neighborhood, wounding the soldier.

The Palestinian health ministry identified the dead suspect as Fares Khadour.

Israel says Palestinian officials and social networks are stoking anti-Israeli incitement, which is leading to attacks.

Two Palestinians and a Jordanian have been shot dead in separate attacks on Israelis in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Israeli officials say, according to BBC News.

Soldiers shot the male driver dead and injured a female passenger, while three Israeli settlers were wounded.

Palestinian leaders say assailants have acted out of desperation over the collapse of peace talks in 2014 and Israeli settlement expansion in occupied territory that Palestinians seek for an independent state, with East Jerusalem as its capital. Israeli media said the Palestinian was shot as soldiers attempted to arrest him. 226 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis since october 2015.

Abu Rudaina called on the global community to hold Israel responsible for failure of peace between Israel and the Palestinians and asserted on the PA’s determination to continue political struggle for the sake of legitimate Palestinian rights, mainly the right to self-determination. In numerous cases Israeli forces have carried out collective punishments on the slain Palestinians families, by demolishing their houses, and hitherto leaving them homeless, actions illegal under the Geneva convention.