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| West Bank: Israeli woman stabbed to death, three Palestinian attackers killed | West Bank: Israeli woman stabbed to death, three Palestinian attackers killed |
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| An Israeli woman has died after being stabbed in the West Bank - the latest victim in two months of such attacks. | An Israeli woman has died after being stabbed in the West Bank - the latest victim in two months of such attacks. |
| Her Palestinian attacker was shot dead. Two other Palestinian attackers were killed in separate incidents, police said. | Her Palestinian attacker was shot dead. Two other Palestinian attackers were killed in separate incidents, police said. |
| Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israelis to remain alert in the face of "this terrorism by individuals". | Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israelis to remain alert in the face of "this terrorism by individuals". |
| Seventeen Israelis and 83 Palestinians - many of them attackers - have been killed in the violence. | Seventeen Israelis and 83 Palestinians - many of them attackers - have been killed in the violence. |
| Israeli police say at least 50 of the Palestinians killed were attackers. | |
| The surge in violence began in September, when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over, amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. | The surge in violence began in September, when tensions at a flashpoint holy site in Jerusalem revered by Jews and Muslims boiled over, amid rumours that Israel planned to relax long-standing rules to strengthen Jewish rights at the complex. |
| Israel has repeatedly denied such claims. | Israel has repeatedly denied such claims. |
| On Sunday, Hadar Buchris, 21, was stabbed at a bus stop, Israeli medics said. She died later in hospital. | On Sunday, Hadar Buchris, 21, was stabbed at a bus stop, Israeli medics said. She died later in hospital. |
| The attacker, identified as Isam Thwabteh, 34, and a resident of Beit Fajar, near Bethlehem, was shot by soldiers. | The attacker, identified as Isam Thwabteh, 34, and a resident of Beit Fajar, near Bethlehem, was shot by soldiers. |
| The other attacks involved a man ramming a taxi into an Israeli car and stabbing one of its passengers near Maale Adumim settlement, just outside of Jerusalem, before being shot by a civilian. | The other attacks involved a man ramming a taxi into an Israeli car and stabbing one of its passengers near Maale Adumim settlement, just outside of Jerusalem, before being shot by a civilian. |
| An Israeli man was lightly wounded, Haaretz reported. | An Israeli man was lightly wounded, Haaretz reported. |
| And a Palestinian girl, 16, had tried to stab a settler near Hawara, south of Nablus, but was run over by an Israeli and then shot dead by soldiers, the army said. | And a Palestinian girl, 16, had tried to stab a settler near Hawara, south of Nablus, but was run over by an Israeli and then shot dead by soldiers, the army said. |
| Mr Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting on Sunday that the attacks were a challenge to the security forces. | Mr Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting on Sunday that the attacks were a challenge to the security forces. |
| "This is not terrorism by organisations," he said. | "This is not terrorism by organisations," he said. |
| "This is terrorism by individuals, occasionally with kitchen knives, who are incited mainly by social media. It is very difficult to hermetically prevent the arrival of such knife-wielding, or other, terrorists to this or that place." | "This is terrorism by individuals, occasionally with kitchen knives, who are incited mainly by social media. It is very difficult to hermetically prevent the arrival of such knife-wielding, or other, terrorists to this or that place." |