Violent clashes have increased in frequency since Israeli security forces began to crackdown on Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem last month.
Four stabbing attacks - three allegedly by Palestinians, another by an Israeli suspect - took place across Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday.
A Palestinian woman was critically wounded after being shot while trying to stab an Israeli security guard at a bus station in the northern Israeli city of Afula, according to the police spokesman.
Muhannad Darabee, a photographer who was at the clashes near Ramallah, told Al Jazeera there are more than a thousand people protesting in Beit El, and at least two people have been seriously wounded by Israeli soldiers, who are using live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, and water cannons.
Beit El has witnessed previous clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers, and was the scene of an incident where undercover Israeli soldiers attacked protesters.
Two Israelis - a policeman and a teenager - were also moderatly injured during similar stabbing attacks in Jerusalem and Kiryat Arba, a Jewish-only settlement in the occupied West Bank.
In Kiryat Arba, a Palestinian suspect was shot dead after stabbing a police officer.
Earlier in the day, an Israeli man stabbed four Palestinians in the southern Israeli city of Dimona. Police described his motives as "nationalistic". The victims sustained moderate wounds.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that security forces have been deployed across the country, including "3,500 police officers out [in Jerusalem] to prevent sporadic attacks by lone wolves".
In addition to extending a ban for men under the age of 45 who want to pray at the mosque on Friday, Israeli police have installed metal detectors at several entrances to Jerusalem's Old City.
Over the past week, four Israelis have been killed along with at least 13 Palestinians, four of them after alleged attacks on Israelis, and six in Gaza on Friday.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, more than 1,600 Palestinians have been injured since October 3.
Eighty-seven have been injured with live ammunition, and 290 with rubber-coated steel bullets..............http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/israeli-palestinian-violence-soars-151009104451339.html
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ReplyDeleteAt least six Palestinians have been shot dead and dozens more injured by Israeli forces as hundreds of them demonstrated along the border in the eastern Gaza Strip, sources told Al Jazeera.
Friday's violence comes as clashes have increased in frequency since Israeli security forces began to crack down on Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East Jerusalem last month..............http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/israel-opens-fire-palestinians-gaza-border-151009114132806.html