JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest developments in a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence (all times local).
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12:20 p.m.
Israeli soldiers have placed a concrete barrier near a Jewish holy site in the West Bank, ahead of a religious pilgrimage there this weekend.
A crane lowered the concrete blocks onto a street in the West Bank city of Bethlehem outside Rachel’s Tomb on Thursday. Israel’s West Bank separation barrier stands between Bethlehem and the holy site.
Thousands are expected to visit the holy site on Saturday night, amid a monthlong wave of violence that has swept the region. Police say hundreds of police will be deployed around the area for the event.
Bethlehem has been the scene of violent clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops.
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10:30 a.m.
Israeli police say a Palestinian attacker has died from his wounds after he stabbed an Israeli man and was then shot by police.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri says the Palestinian died at a hospital shortly after Thursday’s incident.
Police say two Palestinians stabbed an Israeli man in the city of Beit Shemesh after attempting to board a bus ferrying children to school. Police then shot the attackers.
The incident brings the number of Palestinians killed since a monthlong round of violence broke out to 48, among them 27 identified by Israel as attackers. The others were killed in clashes with Israeli security forces. Ten Israelis have been killed in attacks.
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10:15 a.m.
Israeli police say four men will appear in court in connection with the beating of an Eritrean man during an attack by an Arab citizen at a bus station that killed an Israeli soldier and wounded several people.
A private security guard shot the Eritrean, thinking he was an attacker. As the Eritrean lay on the ground, a mob of people cursed him, kicked him and hit him with objects. The Eritrean later died.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the four men — two civilians and two prison guards — would appear in court Thursday in the southern city of Beersheba, where the attack occurred.
Rosenfeld says it is not clear if the men will be charged.
He says the autopsy report showed that the Eritrean died from the gunshot wound and not from the beating.
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9:10 a.m.
Israeli police say soldiers shot and killed a Jewish man who attacked them, believing he was a “terrorist.”
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Thursday that soldiers asked the man for his ID. He refused and then attempted to snatch a soldier’s weapon.
In the incident late Wednesday in Jerusalem, the soldiers opened fire, killing the man. Rosenfeld said that based on the man’s ID, he is Jewish.
The incident reflects the jittery mood that has gripped Israelis amid a monthlong wave of Palestinian stabbing attacks. Security has been beefed up around the country and many Israelis are on edge.
Earlier this week, a private security guard shot an Eritrean migrant thinking he was an attacker.
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8:25 a.m.
Israeli police say two Arab attackers have been shot after they stabbed an Israeli man.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld says the attackers were seriously wounded in the attack in the city of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem. The Israeli was lightly wounded. It was not immediately clear who shot the attackers.
Thursday’s incident was the latest in a monthlong wave of violence that has gripped the region. Ten Israelis have been killed in stabbing attacks, while 47 Palestinians or Arab citizens of Israel have been killed, including 26 identified by Israel as attackers.
Diplomatic efforts are underway to try to bring an end to the violence. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Berlin later Thursday.
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