Palestine Knife Attacks

Israeli paramilitary police officers shot and killed a Palestinian woman who tried to attack them with a knife outside Jerusalem's walled Old City on Wednesday, police spokesmen said.

An Israeli man has died of wounds sustained in an early December stabbing in the West Bank city of Hebron.

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier with a kitchen knife in Jerusalem today, wounding him moderately before he was arrested, police said.

Young Palestinians with kitchen knives are waging a ceaseless campaign of near-suicidal violence that Israeli leaders are calling "a new kind of terrorism." Four attacks occurred in the past 48 hours alone - two stabbings and two vehicular assaults.

Internet giant Google on Monday denied a report from Israel's foreign ministry that it has reached an agreement with the government to jointly monitor YouTube videos inciting attacks.

A stabbing attack in Tel Aviv killed two people on Thursday, while the Palestinian assailant was injured and arrested, Israeli police said, in the first such incident in several days.

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

An Israeli Arab who was shot and wounded when suspected of trying to carry out a knife attack staged the incident in a suicidal bid to get Israeli soldiers to shoot her, the justice ministry said Thursday.

An Israeli soldier and a civilian were injured on Tuesday after a Palestinian attempted to ram his car into a group of pedestrians in the West Bank, then exited with knife and was shot dead, officials said.

Three Palestinians were shot dead today in what Israel said were thwarted knife attacks, but a Palestinian witness of one incident said it was a result of Jewish settler violence, as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of unrest.

Israel started setting up roadblocks in Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem and deploying soldiers across the country today to combat a wave of Palestinian knife attacks.

Israeli police said a "terrorist" attempted to stab a security guard at an entrance to Jerusalem's Old City today but was shot before harming anyone.

A 15-year-old Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli man in Jerusalem today before being arrested, police said, the latest in a spate of knife attacks on Israelis.

A knife-wielding Palestinian attacked passengers on a morning rush-hour bus in Tel Aviv Wednesday, wounding 12 people, before being shot by a passing prison officer in the latest lone-wolf attack.

An Israeli woman was killed and three others wounded on Monday in two separate Palestinian knife attacks as months of unrest in Jerusalem spread across Israel and the occupied West Bank.

Israeli paramilitary police officers shot and killed a Palestinian woman who tried to attack them with a knife outside Jerusalem's walled Old City on Wednesday, police spokesmen said.

An Israeli man has died of wounds sustained in an early December stabbing in the West Bank city of Hebron.

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier with a kitchen knife in Jerusalem today, wounding him moderately before he was arrested, police said.

Young Palestinians with kitchen knives are waging a ceaseless campaign of near-suicidal violence that Israeli leaders are calling "a new kind of terrorism." Four attacks occurred in the past 48 hours alone - two stabbings and two vehicular assaults.

Internet giant Google on Monday denied a report from Israel's foreign ministry that it has reached an agreement with the government to jointly monitor YouTube videos inciting attacks.

A stabbing attack in Tel Aviv killed two people on Thursday, while the Palestinian assailant was injured and arrested, Israeli police said, in the first such incident in several days.

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

An Israeli Arab who was shot and wounded when suspected of trying to carry out a knife attack staged the incident in a suicidal bid to get Israeli soldiers to shoot her, the justice ministry said Thursday.

An Israeli soldier and a civilian were injured on Tuesday after a Palestinian attempted to ram his car into a group of pedestrians in the West Bank, then exited with knife and was shot dead, officials said.

Three Palestinians were shot dead today in what Israel said were thwarted knife attacks, but a Palestinian witness of one incident said it was a result of Jewish settler violence, as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of unrest.

Israel started setting up roadblocks in Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem and deploying soldiers across the country today to combat a wave of Palestinian knife attacks.

Israeli police said a "terrorist" attempted to stab a security guard at an entrance to Jerusalem's Old City today but was shot before harming anyone.

A 15-year-old Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli man in Jerusalem today before being arrested, police said, the latest in a spate of knife attacks on Israelis.

A knife-wielding Palestinian attacked passengers on a morning rush-hour bus in Tel Aviv Wednesday, wounding 12 people, before being shot by a passing prison officer in the latest lone-wolf attack.

An Israeli woman was killed and three others wounded on Monday in two separate Palestinian knife attacks as months of unrest in Jerusalem spread across Israel and the occupied West Bank.