At least two terrorist attacks were thwarted on Thursday by Israeli security forces in three separate incidents.
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The police officers shot a Palestinian woman who attempted to stab them in east Jerusalem's Old City. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
The police said in a statement that the woman approached officers outside an entrance to the Al-Aqsa Compound. "After she approached them, she drew a knife and attempted to stab the officers at the scene, who responded by shooting at her," police said in a statement. "Medical personnel who arrived at the scene pronounced her dead."
Earlier in the day Israeli soldiers engaged in an operation near Jenin shot and killed a Palestinian who fired at them.
Hours later, in the Gaza Strip, Israeli soldiers fired towards a Palestinian, one of three people who raised suspicions by approaching Israel's border fence, after he was spotted carrying a bag and digging, the Israeli military said.
The Hamas terrorist group, which rules the enclave, said the man was killed, "shot by the enemy while practicing his hobby of hunting". The military said it was investigating the incident, in a volatile border area where Israel maintains tight security.
The violence came amid tensions heightened by the deaths on Sunday of five Palestinian terrorists who were in the midst of planning an attack.
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