The Israeli military sent troop reinforcements to a flashpoint West Bank area on Saturday following a weekend surge in Palestinian attacks that shattered weeks of relative calm. The incident came a day after what Israeli authorities said were several Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians, police and a soldier. Shortly afterward, two Palestinians rammed their car into a bus stop, wounding three Israeli civilians near a West Bank settlement. The Palestinians, as well as Israeli and international rights groups, say Israel has at times used excessive force to subdue attackers. Hanan Ashrawi, a senior Palestinian official, condemned what she called Israel's "extra-judicial killings" of the attackers but did not condemn the attacks themselves.

Source: ABC News September 17, 2016 06:18 UTC