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The Palestinian
had infiltrated a security fence near the Israeli settlement
Salit, the military said. When soldiers responded at the scene,
he drew a knife and tried to stab them, it said. No Israelis
were injured.
A campaign of stabbings, shootings and car-rammings by
Palestinians has killed 26 Israelis and a U.S. citizen since the
start of October. Israeli forces have killed at least 153
Palestinians, 99 of them assailants according to authorities.
Most of the others have died in violent protests.
The surge in attacks has been partly fueled by Palestinian
frustration over the collapse of U.S.-sponsored peace talks in
2014, the growth of Jewish settlements on land they seek for a
future state and Islamist calls for the destruction of Israel.
(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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