JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two would-be Palestinian stabbers were shot dead as they allegedly attempted to carry out attacks in the West Bank.
One assailant, identified by the Palestinian Maan news agency as Mamoun al-Khatib, 16, from the village of Doha near Bethlehem, reportedly approached people waiting for rides at the Gush Etzion junction while wielding a knife on Tuesday morning.
One of the bystanders was injured, reportedly by a bullet fired at the attacker by security forces, according to the Israel Police.
The junction has been the site of several stabbing and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians against Jewish-Israelis in recent weeks.
Later that morning, a Palestinian woman, 19, from Nablus, attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at a checkpoint next to the Einav settlement in the northern West Bank, according to the IDF.
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