- Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/VIOLENCE Palestinian man shot dead after stabbing soldier
- Date: 21st October 2015
- Summary: NEAR ADAM SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK (OCTOBER 21, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SECURITY FORCES AT SCENE
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- Location: West bank
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- Country: Palestinian Territories
- Topics: General
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Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian on Wednesday (October 21) who stabbed and wounded a soldier near the Jewish settlement of Adam in the occupied West Bank, police said.
In a separate incident in the West Bank, soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian woman with a knife who approached the settlement of Yitzhar, the military said. Palestinian medics said she was 15 and her family have questioned the military account.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon held talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday but after two days of discussions in the region appeared no nearer to ending weeks of violence.
Nine Israelis have been killed in Palestinian stabbings, shootings and vehicle attacks since the start of October, while 48 Palestinians, including 24 attackers, among them children, have been killed by Israeli security forces in response.
Among the causes of the turmoil are Palestinians' anger at what they see as Jewish encroachment on the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Islam's holiest site outside Saudi Arabia, which is also revered by Jews as the location of two ancient Jewish temples. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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