West Bank – A Palestinian woman stabbed an Israeli in the occupied West Bank on Monday and was then shot and wounded by security forces, the military and police said.
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Violence in Israel and the Palestinian territories has risen in the past months. Attacks carried out by Palestinians have killed 11 Israelis. Twelve Palestinians have been killed, including several of the assailants.
The latest incident occurred in the Etzion bloc of Jewish settlements near Jerusalem. The Israeli was lightly wounded.
A military spokesman said the Israeli was a civilian and that security forces “overcame the suspect and transferred her for further medical assistance”.
A police spokeswoman said the Palestinian woman who carried out the attack was shot. Reuters witnesses saw her being taken to Jerusalem’s Hadassah hospital. A hospital spokeswoman said she was seriously wounded.
In July, a Palestinian youth was burned to death by Jewish attackers, allegedly in revenge for the killing of three Israeli teens by Palestinian militants in the West Bank in June.
A 50-day war that began in July between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of more than 2,100 Palestinians, many of them civilians, as well as 67 Israeli soldiers and six civilians on the Israeli side.
Tensions have also risen in past weeks over access to a Jerusalem religious site holy to both Muslims and Jews, triggering Palestinian street protests.
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WHY IS SHE BEING TREATED FOR HER WOUNDS?????
It’s high time for every responsible jewish israeli citizen to obtain a licensed firearm for self defense.
In addition there must me legislation enacted immediately to prohibit any israeli arab citizen from carrying any type of blade or projectile on his or her person, and random body checks must be made.
All neighborhoods must organize civilian armed patrols and have authorization to make spot checks on any suspect israeli Arab.
There is really not one solution to combat the enemy from within especially the ones who enjoy full israeli citizenship however the steps above will prove to be solid stop gap measures except for against terrorists who are willing to sacrifice their lives believing that death is more valuable than life especially once they know their families will be taken care of financially if they succeed in murdering as many Jews as possible.