Israeli troops fire tear gas towards Palestinians gathering near the scene of what the Israeli army said was a suspected Palestinian stabbing attack, at the West Bank Al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron November 25, 2015. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli soldier on Wednesday and was shot dead by troops, the army and a hospital official said, a day after a visit by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to explore how to end eight weeks of violence.
The attack occurred in the Israeli-occupied West Bank at a road junction near a cluster of Palestinian villages and Jewish settlements. The army said the soldier was critically hurt and a an official at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem said the Palestinian assailant died on the operating table.
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