JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli army says its forces shot a Palestinian who tried to stab an Israeli soldier near a sensitive holy site in the West Bank city of Hebron.
The army would not elaborate on the condition of the Palestinian. The soldier was unharmed.
The army says the stabbing attack took place Monday near a site known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs and to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque, the traditional burial spot of the biblical Abraham and his family.
Earlier Monday, the Israeli military said a Palestinian stabbed and severely wounded an Israeli soldier near Hebron before being shot and killed.
There have been almost daily Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings, against Israeli civilians and security forces in recent weeks. Ten Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, while 52 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, including 30 said by Israel to be attackers and the rest in clashes.
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