Israeli woman stabbed 
to death

The woman was killed at a bus stop in the West Bank and the soldier injured in Tel Aviv, with the attacks the latest in an ongoing wave of Arab violence that has put the country on edge.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised a harsh response, saying he will use all means available and consider even tougher steps to stop the unrest.

In a veiled threat to Arab demonstrators in Israel and east Jerusalem, he said attackers should consider moving to the West Bank or Gaza Strip. “Believe me, we will put no difficulties in your path,” he said.

Mr Netanyahu spoke after the soldier was stabbed at a crowded train station by a suspected Palestinian assailant in Tel Aviv, but before the deadly attack outside the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut.

Police said the attacker there stepped out of a car at a bus stop in front of the settlement, then stabbed three people before he was shot by a security guard.

Police said a woman in her mid-20s was killed, while two other people were wounded. The attacker was in serious condition.

In the Tel Aviv attack, police said the suspect was from the West Bank city of Nablus, travelling in Israel without a permit and was held immediately after the stabbing.

Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been extremely high in recent weeks, following last summer’s war in the Gaza Strip and increasing frictions over a contested Jerusalem holy site.