Israeli police shoot, kill Palestinian in Jerusalem

At least one Israeli was moderately injured on Friday afternoon in a stabbing near the Palestinian village of Abud in the West Bank.

The two Palestinian assailants were shot dead at the scene.

It did not say how badly the soldier and bystander were wounded, but Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital said it was treating a seriously injured man who had been shot in the upper torso in the incident.

Two Palestinian assailants were shot dead.

Shortly afterward, a Palestinian man ran his vehicle into a group of soldiers stationed by a checkpoint at the entrance of the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah.

The attack was the second of the day, and the latest in a wave of Palestinian violence against Israeli civilians and security forces. The rest died in clashes with security forces.

Since the violence erupted, 19 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings and shootings.

A legal representative of one suspect held over the arson appeared in court in the Israeli city of Lod on Thursday to request access to speak with his client, but was refused, he said.

After warning shots were ignored, “forces fired live fire and tank rounds” and the suspects retreated, she said.

Early Thursday, the Israeli army demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of orchestrating the deadly shooting of an Israeli couple of October 1.

Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, said Thursday it had apprehended several individuals it believed were linked to a “Jewish terrorist” organization and that there were “concrete suspicions” they were connected with the summer attack.

Israeli media confirmed that the Israeli police closed the Old City and denied people from getting and out the city.

“They are liars”, he told AFP.

He said the Israeli campaign includes traditional advertising, partnerships with Russian tour operators and bringing Russian celebrities to Israel to “spread the word”.

The 38-year-old drove his van into a group of police officers before ramming into pedestrians at a tram stop along a road separating east and west Jerusalem. Many of the Palestinian attackers in the past months of bloodshed have been from Hebron.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu labelled it “terrorism” – a word usually used by Israelis to refer to violence committed by Palestinians. Palestinians say it stems from a lack of hope of gaining statehood.