Israelis kill armed Palestinian woman

The clashes began after dozens of Jewish settlers backed by Israeli security stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

In the first incident, a Palestinian rammed a group of Israelis with a vehicle at a junction, wounding four of them, and was then killed by security forces, the police said.

This comes after a 50-year-old Israeli man was stabbed and injured in the Nabi Ilyas area of the city on Sunday afternoon.

The woman approached the crossing waving the knife but was gunned down after police fired off a warning shot and told her to stop.

Also on Sunday, six Israelis were wounded in three separate attacks by Palestinians in the West Bank.

There’s been more violence today in the West Bank.

Security camera footage showed the woman wearing a black, full-length robe and a veil over her hair chatting with the guard and handing over documentation.

Violence in the region has been climbing, with the number of stabbings attacks on Israelis by Palestinians on the rise.

Briefing his cabinet before setting off for Washington, where he will be hosted by US President Barack Obama on Monday, Netanyahu alluded to Palestinian statehood negotiations stalled since mid-2014 amid feuds over the West Bank settlements and the status of Jerusalem and Hamas-controlled Gaza.

Despite the glorification of stabbing attacks in Palestinian social media, a conspiracy theory has also been circulating among Palestinians that Israel “plants” knives on stabbing assailants who are killed while carrying out their attacks.

The Israeli soldiers opened fire on it with volleys of bullets.

Police also said that an officer wounded in a Palestinian attack earlier this month had died of his wounds.

Mr Netanyahu, in a confidence-building gesture to Mr Obama, said before their meeting that he supported “two states for two peoples”, but reiterated his position that any Palestinian state must be demilitarised and recognise Israel as a Jewish state, both conditions Palestinian officials say are unacceptable.

Such street attacks have killed 11 Israelis and 72 Palestinians since October, while thousands of Palestinians have taken to the streets – a few rallying to condemn the violence, and others demanding revenge.

The argument that “one must visit Israel to understand” dismisses the countless documented events from Palestinians who were born, raised and experienced injustice, with family members injured or killed due to unrest. Netanyahu said the meeting would focus on regional issues – including the Syrian crisis – and on strengthening the security of Israel.