Palestinian assailants killed by Israeli army in shootout

“Soldiers responded and shot the attackers, resulting in their deaths”. At least 157 Palestinians, the majority of whom Israel says were attackers, have been killed by Israeli fire.

On Saturday, Israeli forces shot dead an 18-year-old Palestinian woman identified as Kilzar al-Uweiwi after she allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier, lightly injuring him before she was shot and killed.

The shooting occurred the day after three Palestinians targeted a vehicle carrying Israeli Border Policemen using their own auto, wounding three officers aged 21, 29 and 43. Most of the attacks have been random stabbings committed by lone wolves, mostly in the West Bank and Jerusalem, against Israeli security forces and civilians.

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power reiterated Saturday her country’s commitment to advancing a two-state solution as well as a peaceful resolution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as she arrived in Israel for a series of high-level diplomatic talks.

He spoke during condolence visits by Palestinian officials to the families of nine villagers killed since October during a wave of attacks on Israelis.

Israel says the ongoing violence is fueled by a campaign of incitement by Palestinian leaders that is compounded on social media sites that glorify attacks.

Also Sunday, a watchdog group said Israel began building 1,800 new settlement homes in the West Bank in 2015.

Young Palestinians said they were disillusioned by political parties and used attacks and protests to express their anger and frustration at the occupation and what goes with it: widespread checkpoints, Jewish settlements that ate away their land and continual settler harassment.

Israel has blamed Palestinians for the outbreak of violence.