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[h=4]Israeli troops deployed to assist police after attacks[/h]Israel's military said it started deploying hundreds of soldiers to cities Wednesday to assist police forces, after weeks of shooting and stabbing attacks on Israelis by Palestinians.
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Israeli medical services say at least two people have been killed and 20 wounded in a pair of separate attacks in Jerusalem. (Oct. 13) AP
An Israeli soldier catches a breath during clashes with Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron. Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015.(Photo: Nasser Shiyoukhi, AP)
Israel's military deployed<span style="color: Red;">*</span>hundreds of soldiers to cities Wednesday to assist police in an attempt to quell shooting and stabbing attacks on Israelis by Palestinians over the past several weeks.
The measures announced Wednesday<span style="color: Red;">*</span>include<span style="color: Red;">*</span>allowing police to seal off points of friction or incitement.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Israel's security Cabinet met late into Tuesday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the government was working on "aggressive steps" in response to the violence.
Troops from six units<span style="color: Red;">*</span>will reinforce the police in cities and on roads, the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>government said Wednesday in a statement.
Other measures include hiring an extra 300 security guards for public transportation in Jerusalem and barring new construction on sites where an attacker's home has been demolished. The government said the property of those who perpetrate attacks will be confiscated and their permanent residency revoked.
The Cabinet planned to meet<span style="color: Red;">*</span>again Wednesday "to deal with additional issues including incitement," the statement said.
In new violence Wednesday, Israeli police said an Arab attacker stabbed a 70-year-old woman, moderately wounding her, as she attempted to board to bus near Jerusalem’s crowded central bus station, the Associated Press reported. The attacker was shot and killed by forces in the area, police said. Earlier, police said they shot and killed an Arab man after he pulled out a knife and attempted to stab them.
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Three Israelis killed in renewed Palestinian violence
The added security<span style="color: Red;">*</span>measures come<span style="color: Red;">*</span>after bloody attacks on Tuesday that killed three Israeli Jews and left a number of others wounded by Palestinian attackers in Jerusalem and the city of Ra'anana in central Israel.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>In Jerusalem, two assailants opened fire and stabbed people on a bus, killing two men. In a separate incident in the city, a driver rammed his car into people waiting at a bus stop and began stabbing people, killing a man.
Mustafa Barghouti, president of the Palestinian National Initiative, a political party, told Al Jazeera that the new measures will not work.
"Insanity is nothing but repeating the same thing but expecting different results," he said. "When they decide to separate East and West Jerusalem it only proves that they have failed. The whole ideas of walls and checkpoints is only deepening the military occupation."
Also Wednesday, Gilad Erdan,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Israel’s internal security minister, said the bodies of dead Palestinian attackers should not be returned to their families for burial because<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the funeral processions<span style="color: Red;">*</span>often turn into “an exhibition of support for terror and incitement to murder,” the AP<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Erdan suggested they<span style="color: Red;">*</span>be buried in faraway<span style="color: Red;">*</span>cemeteries where previous Palestinian attackers also have been buried.
Since the Jewish New Year last month, eight Israelis have been killed and dozens wounded in various attacks and at least 31<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, including 14<span style="color: Red;">*</span>identified by Israel as attackers. The rest died in clashes between stone-throwers and Israeli troops. Hundreds of Palestinians have also been wounded.
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