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              Israeli Guard Kills Teenage Girl Trying to Stab Him

   by VOA News

   An Israeli security guard shot and killed a 13-year-old Palestinian
   girl at the entrance to a settlement in West Bank Saturday, after she
   attempted to stab him.

   Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said an initial investigation
   showed that the girl fought with her family and left her home with a
   knife before the incident. No one else was injured.

   Holding a knife, she ran toward the security guard at the entrance to
   Anatot settlement and he opened fire at her, Samri said, adding that
   her father arrived at the scene shortly after the altercation and it
   was taken in for questioning.

   Palestinian attacks
   This is the latest fatality in the last four months during which
   Palestinian stabbing, shooting and car ramming attacks have been
   reported almost daily. Many of the Palestinian assailants have been
   teenagers, according to Israeli authorities.

   ''Since early October, Israeli forces have killed about 150
   Palestinian, nearly 100 of them identified by Israeli police as
   attackers. The rest have been killed in clashes with Israeli troops.
   Palestinians have killed at least 25 Israelis and a U.S. citizen.

   Israel has said that the violence is the result of a Palestinian
   campaign of incitement. The Palestinians have said it is rooted in
   frustration over Israel's nearly 50-year occupation.
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