Three Palestinians attempt stabbings in Hebron, Jerusalem, and are killed
“Teenage girl tries to stab policewoman near Cave of Patriarchs; 2 other teens attack in Kiryat Arba, Armon Hanatziv; Gazans protest at border fence”
Palestinian woman was shot dead Saturday morning by the policewoman she tried to stab near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, in the third attempted stabbing attack of the day and the second in West Bank city, a frequent flashpoint city where a few hundred Jews live in close proximity to tens of thousands of Palestinians.
The Palestinian teen arrived at a Border Police base near the West Bank city and attacked the policewoman, who sustained light injuries to her hands, according to initial reports. The Border Police officer shot her attacker, killing her.
The attacker was identified as Bian Asila, 16, from Hebron.
The incident came after two other separate stabbing attacks in Hebron and Jerusalem just hours earlier in which both attackers were also killed. Along the Gaza border, IDF forces fired tear gas at dozens of protesters who tried to approach the fence.
In Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood earlier Saturday, a Palestinian teenager was shot dead when he tried to stab Border Police officers. There were no reports of injuries among the security forces.
According to the IDF, the teen was stopped for routine questioning in the capital amid heightened tensions, before pulling out a knife and attempting to stab the officers.
He was later identified by Palestinian media as Muataz Awisat, 16, from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber.