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Palestinian shot dead after stabbing policeman

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A 38 year-old Palestinian was killed in the Damascus Gate area on Sunday after allegedly stabbing an Israeli policeman.
The Palestinian from the West Bank area ran toward two border police officers with a knife and wounded one of the policemen before being shot dead.
The latest attack raised the death toll to 103 Palestinians killed since early October.
Twenty-one Israelis have also been killed after violence erupted in Jerusalem with tensions over the sensitive Al-Aqsa Mosque compound.

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The scene of the attack- the Damascus Gate, is the main entry point for Palestinians to the walled Old City of Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, the army shut down the Dream radio station in the city earlier on Sunday – the third private broadcaster in Hebron it has closed – after being accused of stoking the violence.
An Israeli minister raised the threat last week of shutting down Palestinian public broadcasters too, alleging they were guilty of fanning the flames.

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