An American tourist was stabbed to death and at least nine others were wounded in attacks in the Israeli port city of Jaffa.
Israeli police said that a Palestinian assailant wounded nine others on the popular boardwalk in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. The assailant was shot dead by police and later identified by Israeli Haaertz as 25-year-old Fouad Tammi.
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Four Palestinian attackers were shot and killed in the course of the day’s violence as Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Israel to meet former Israeli president Shimon Peres.
Tuesday’s violence came as Israel disputed suggestions that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had “surprised” the Obama administration by scrapping a planned visit to the US.
Mr Netanyahu had been penciled in to attend an annual conference hosted by American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel group, in Washington later this month.
Israel insisted it had informed the White House in advance that there was a “good chance” Mr Netanyahu would stay at home.
Palestinian attacks have killed 28 Israelis and two Americans since October 2015, Reuters reports. Israeli forces have killed nearly 180 Palestinians.
