Attacker Kkilled after trying to stab Israeli policeman
Date
10/12/2015 12:23:47 PM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly)The tense Old City section of east Jerusalem saw another violent encounter Monday when an attacker tried to stab an Israeli policeman before being shot dead.
A spokesman for the Israeli Defense Forces said the attack happened near the Lions Gate and that the knife was deflected by the policeman's protective vest. The incident is the latest in a wave of attacks to take place in Jerusalem linked to the holy site that Muslims call the al-Aqsa mosque and Jews call the Temple Mount. Palestinians already frustrated by continued Jewish settlements in lands they want for a future state accuse Israelis of trying to restrict them from the site. Israel denies the charge and accuses Palestinian militants of inciting citizens to riot. Earlier clashes Monday's attack followed violence in other areas on Sunday including Israeli gunfire killing a 13-year-old Palestinian boy during a clash outside a checkpoint in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers said demonstrators there were attacking them with rocks and firebombs. Palestinians were also wounded during violent demonstrations in Gaza. In northern Israel an Arab Israeli struck four people with his car before jumping out and stabbing them outside a kibbutz. Israeli forces also carried out an airstrike early Sunday in Gaza that killed a pregnant Palestinian and her toddler daughter. The military said the strike was done in retaliation for rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled area. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised to do all he can to stop what he calls a wave of terror but is reluctant to listen to hardliners to take strong action. He is afraid of losing support from key Western allies. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appealed to his people to avoid violence and not play into the Israeli government's hands. But there appears to be very little he can do to control rock-throwing youths.
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