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2 Israelis stabbed in Palestinian "terror attack" in Tel Aviv

Xinhua, October 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Thursday after stabbing two Israelis in Tel Aviv, as violence between Israelis and Palestinians spiraled, Israeli officials said.

Police said the incident was a "suspected terror attack," and the assailant was "neutralized."

A police spokesperson later added that the assailant stabbed a female soldier with a screwdriver in Begin Street, near the Defense Ministry and IDF headquarters complex. He then stabbed another person when trying to flee the scene.

Another soldier at the scene fired and killed him in chase, according to the police.

Medics said the soldier sustained superficial injuries to her neck and head, while the other victim also suffered light injuries.

It was the fifth stabbing attack over the past two days.

Less than an hour later, a Jewish settler was critically injured in a stabbing attack in the settlement of Kyriat Arab on the outskirts of Hebron, Israeli rescue services said.

Earlier on Thursday, a 19-year-old Palestinian resident of Shuafat in East Jerusalem stabbed and critically injured a Jewish seminary student in Jerusalem.

Massive clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces continued Thursday near the Jewish settlement of Beit El in the West Bank. Palestinian media reported dozens of injuries.

Tensions have heightened between the Palestinians and Israel's army and settlers following the death of two Israeli settlers in a shooting ambush near the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Thursday. Two other Israelis were stabbed to death in East Jerusalem.

The Israeli army has killed six Palestinians, saying that three of them were killed after conducting stabbing attacks. The rest three, including a 13-year-old child, were killed during clashes in the West Bank that left more than 500 others wounded.

The latest round of violence was ignited in mid-September when Palestinians strongly protested allowing Jewish groups to enter al-Aqsa mosque compound in East Jerusalem almost daily during the Jewish holidays. Endit