Posted on 09/19/16
| News Source: VIN
Jerusalem - Israeli police say two Palestinians tried to stab border police officers in the southern West Bank before officers shot them, killing one assailant.
It was the second attack on Monday, following a bloody weekend that shattered weeks of relative calm.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the two assailants pulled out knives near border police officers at a checkpoint in Hebron, near a site where both Jews and Muslims believe the biblical Abraham was buried.
Earlier, Samri said a Palestinian stabbed two Israeli police officers in Jerusalem and was shot and critically wounded. The officers are also being treated for their wounds.
The female officer, who is in her 20s, was injured seriously and taken to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, and the male officer, who is in his 40s, was injured moderately-to-seriously, and taken Hadassah University Medical Center, in Ein Kerem.
Since last September, Palestinians have killed 34 Israelis in stabbing, car ramming and shooting attacks. About 215 Palestinians were killed in the same period. Israel says most were attackers.
Members of a ZAKA emergency response team and emergency paramedics evacuate a wounded Palestinian attacker from the scene after he reportedly stabbed two Israeli police officers with a knife near the Damascus Gate in the Old City district of Jerusalem, 19 September 2016. EPA