RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) – A Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded a man at a station of Jerusalem’s light rail Friday before he was shot and wounded by Israeli forces, police said. Israeli media said the man hurt in the stabbing was a U.S. tourist, but police could not immediately confirm the report.
In the West Bank, two Palestinians carrying knives ran toward an Israeli checkpoint, drawing fire from troops who killed one and critically wounded the other, according to police and a Palestinian medic.
Friday’s incidents were the latest series of Palestinian attacks that began in mid-September and were accompanied by widespread unrest, including clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops.
In all, 11 Israelis were killed in attacks and 64 Palestinians by Israeli fire in the past six weeks. Thirty-nine of the Palestinians killed were said by Israel to have been involved in attacks or attempted attacks.
Israel has blamed the attacks on what it says is anti-Israel incitement by Palestinian political and religious leaders. Palestinians say the violence is driven by the hopelessness many Palestinians feel after nearly half a century of Israeli military rule, with no end in sight.