Three Palestinians killed trying to stab Israelis

October 17, 2015 17:20

Three Palestinians were shot dead trying to stab Israelis in east

Jerusalem and the West Bank today, as violence that has fuelled international concerns of a full-scale uprising showed no let-up.

The deadly unrest that has raged for more than two weeks prompted a "very concerned" US President Barack Obama to call for calm as the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting yesterday.

Including alleged assailants, 40 Palestinians have been killed since the violence erupted on October 1. Seven Israelis have lost their lives.

The mounting death toll has prompted fears of a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising, like those of 1987-93 and 2000-2005, when thousands were killed in near-daily violence.

Two of the attacks today happened in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron where some 500 Jewish settlers live in a heavily guarded enclave in the city centre surrounded by nearly 200,000 Palestinians.

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