Knife attacks in Israel escalate tensions
(AGI) Jerusalem, Oct. 7 - Three attacks by Palestinians raisedtensions in Israel on Wednesday. In the morning, an 18-year-oldwoman stabbed a Jewish man in the back. The man carried a gunand opened fire, wounding the young woman. Later, in Kiryat Gatin southern Israel, a soldier was injured by anineteen-year-old man who managed to take his weapon. The mantook refuge in a nearby building and also tried to shoot awoman, but the weapon jammed. He was killed by the police. Inthe evening, near a shopping centre in Petah Tikva, northeastof Tel Aviv,