Occupied Jerusalem: The Israeli regime’s military on Tuesday said it had shot and killed two Palestinians who tried to carry out separate stabbing attacks in the occupied West Bank.
The attacks were the latest in a wave of violence that erupted in mid-September and has shown no signs of ending.
Early Tuesday, the regime’s military claimed that a Palestinian attempted to stab a pedestrian at a busy junction in the “Etzion” bloc of Jews-only colonies in the West Bank when Israeli troops shot and killed him. An Israeli who was nearby was lightly wounded in the shooting.
Several hours later, the army reported another incident, in which a female assailant allegedly tried to stab a soldier near the colony of Einav, also in the West Bank. It said the soldier opened fire, killing her.
The army didn’t say how close the attackers got to their targets, and no video footage was immediately released.
The latest, two-month round of Israeli-Palestinian violence began in mid-September with clashes at a sensitive holy site in occupied Jerusalem and quickly spread across Israel and into the West Bank and Gaza.
Since then, 19 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings and shootings. More than 100 Palestinians have been killed, including 65 said by Israel to be attackers. The others died in clashes with Israeli forces.
Most of the attackers have been Palestinians in their late teens or 20s.
The Palestinians say the violence is rooted in frustration over nearly a half century of Israeli occupation and a lack of hope for obtaining independence.
