Four Israeli soldiers were wounded on Friday and four attackers were killed as weeks of stabbing, shooting and car ramming attacks by Palestinians showed no sign of easing. The attacks were the latest in more than two months of "lone wolf" assaults that have challenged Israel's control over the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.
In the first attack, which took place overnight in the flashpoint city of Hebron, two Palestinians stabbed an Israeli soldier before being shot dead, the army said. "Two assailants stabbed a soldier in Hebron," a military statement said. "In response to the threat, forces fired at the attackers, resulting in their death."
Hebron, a city where 500 rightwing Jewish settlers live behind barbed wire fences in the middle of 200,000 Palestinians, has been one of the front lines in the wave of attacks. The southern West Bank city is home to the Ibrahimi Mosque, known to Jews as the Tomb of the Patriarchs and revered by followers of both religions.
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