Associated Press
Jerusalem, Nov 22: Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian woman as she prepared to carry out a stabbing attack in the West Bank today, the military said, while an Israeli civilian fatally shot a Palestinian assailant outside of Jerusalem, as a new burst of violence flared up ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry. The military said the woman pulled out a knife at the entrance to a military base and began approaching civilians at the spot.
A local West Bank settler leader, Gershon Mesika, said he noticed the ruckus and veered his vehicle off the road and hit the woman. A soldier on the scene then fired at her and killed her. The army did not say how close the woman had been to carrying out an attack or release a video of the incident. Elsewhere in the West Bank, a Palestinian driving a taxi cab tried to run over Israelis east of Jerusalem, police said. After crashing his car, he came out with a knife and tried to stab people but was shot dead by a bystander before he could harm anyone.
