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WORLD NEWS 9
Tuesday 3 November 2015

Palestinians stab 80-year-old woman, others in 2 attacks

metics store and stabbed The official Palestinian

another man. Bystanders news agency Wafa said

managed to tackle and he was wounded in the in-

apprehend the attacker. cident.

Police then arrived on mo- Video later emerged of a

torcycles and detained Palestinian smashing a fe-

him. male tour guide over the

Yitzhak Scharf of Assaf Ha- head with a bottle and

Rofeh Medical Center said then running away outside

that 80-year-old woman Jerusalem’s Old City. Po-

was stabbed in the back lice said they later appre-

and waist and sustained hended the Palestinian.

damage to blood ves- A series of Palestinian at-

sels and fractured her hip. tacks linked to tensions

A 40-year-old man was over a sensitive Jerusalem

stabbed multiple times in holy site began in mid-

the chest. Another person September. In addition to

was lightly wounded he the near-daily attacks, vio-

said. lent demonstrations have

The military said the earlier erupted in Israel, the West

incident in the West Bank Bank and Gaza, with Pal-

was the third attempted estinian stone-throwers

A Palestinian student tries to break the separation barrier between the West Bank and Israel in Abu stabbing near the check- clashing with Israeli troops.
Dis during a protest Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. A series of Palestinian attacks linked to tensions over point between the West Eleven Israelis have been
a sensitive Jerusalem holy site began in mid-September. In addition to the near-daily attacks, Bank and Israel in recent killed in Palestinian attacks,
violent demonstrations have erupted in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, with Palestinian stone- weeks. After soldiers ap- mostly stabbings. Sixty-nine

throwers clashing with Israeli troops. proached two Palestinians Palestinians have died by

(AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) at a gas station, one at- Israeli fire, including 43 who

IAN DEITCH tempted to stab a soldier Israel says were involved in
Associated Press Earlier, Israeli police said Police Spokeswoman Luba with a knife before the attacks or attempted at-
a Palestinian stabbed an Samri said that after stab- soldiers shot him, the army tacks.

JERUSALEM (AP) — A Pal- 80-year-old woman in the bing the first two Israelis, said. Israel says the outburst of

estinian stabbed and back on a street in Rishon the Palestinian, a 19-year- Forces treated the wound- violence is the result of
wounded a 70-year-old Lezion near Tel Aviv Mon- old from the West Bank city ed Palestinian at the Palestinian incitement. Pal-
man in northern Israel be- day afternoon and then of Hebron, tried to enter a scene, the army said, but estinians say the violence
fore being shot by officers, stabbed a man in the chest clothing shop but a wom- he died of his wounds. Pal- stems from a lack of hope

police said Monday just before continuing to run an in the store slammed a estinian officials said he for gaining independence
hours after another Pales- down the street and car- door on him. The Palestin- was 16 years old. The other after years of failed peace
tinian knifed several peo- rying out another attack. ian then went into a cos- Palestinian was arrested. efforts.q

ple, including an 80-year-

old woman, in a stabbing Activists: suspected Russian jets hit Syria’s Palmyra
spree near Tel Aviv, the lat-

est attacks in more than a SARAH EL DEEB sending smoke and clouds ra, causing damage. The cause it believes ancient
month of violence. Associated Press of dust rising from the hill group, which relies on a artifacts promote idolatry.
The attacks came after Is- BEIRUT (AP) — Suspected where the castle is located. network of activists inside Activists also reported sus-
raeli troops shot dead a Russian warplanes bombed An earlier round of airstrikes Syria, did not provide fur- pected Russian airstrikes
Palestinian who they say the outskirts of Islamic State- on Sunday hit behind the ther details. on a nearby town, Qarya-
tried to stab a soldier in the held Palmyra on Monday, castle, al-Thaer told The As- Palmyra, seized by the IS tain, which was seized by IS
West Bank. sending smoke rising out of sociated Press in a series of group in May, is home to fighters in August.
A Palestinian stabbed and an area that includes a his- telephone messages. world-famous Roman ru- The Observatory said at
wounded a 70-year-old Is- toric castle overlooking the He said it was difficult to as- ins and was one of Syria’s least 10 people were killed
raeli man, seriously wound- Syrian city’s Roman ruins, sess damage because of most attractive tourist des- in the central town. The Lo-
ing him as he walked down activists said. the ongoing airstrikes. tinations. cal Coordination Commit-
the street in the northern An activist in Palmyra who The Britain-based Syr- The Islamic State group has tees, another monitoring
city of Netanya, police said goes by the name Nasser ian Observatory for Human destroyed a number of its group, said at least 15 ci-
Monday evening before al-Thaer said at least eight Rights said 10 suspected renowned sites, including vilians were killed after the
he was shot and wounded airstrikes struck the area Russian airstrikes targeted the Temple of Bel and the airstrikes hit a bread distri-
by police. of the Islamic-era castle, the castle area in Palmy- iconic Arc of Triumph, be- bution center.q