Knife attack on Israeli soldier Palestinian assailant killed

11/17/2015 12:34:31 PM

(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Jerusalem-

A Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a border crossing in the northern West Bank on Monday and was shot dead by the army Israeli police said.

A second Palestinian allegedly an accomplice was arrested according to police.

The attempted attack took place on the Palestinian side of a crossing between Israel and the occupied West Bank Israel's defence ministry.

Nine Israelis 69 Palestinians -- around half of them alleged attackers -- and an Arab Israeli have been killed in a wave of violence since the beginning of October raising fears of another Palestinian intifada or uprising.

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