Knife-wielding 13-year-old Palestinian Girl Shot Dead Outside West Bank Settlement
Security guard shoots Palestinian assailant outside Anatot settlement; police say initial investigation suggests the girl fought with her family beforehand.
Breaking:
- One wounded in Turkey as rocket hits house near Syria border (Reuters)
- Israel's Dudi Sela loses to Russia's Andrey Kuznetsov in third round of Australian Open (Reuters)
- Rohani: Iran and China will increase trade to $600 billion in next 10 years (Reuters)
- Airstrikes kill scores in ISIS-dominated Syrian provinces, monitor says (Reuters)
- China's Xi meets with Iran's Rohani in Tehran (Reuters)
- Palestinian shot and wounded after attempting to stab guard at West Bank settlement (Haaretz)
- At least eight killed after snowstorm pummels northeast U.S. (DPA)
- 15 UN member countries including Venezuela lose vote after failure to pay dues (AP)
- Syrian government thanks Russia for help capturing key town (AP)
- School shooting reported in Saskatchewan, Canada (Reuters)
- Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt fired, Yahoo reports (Haaretz)
- Obama to give a speech at International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Israeli embassy in DC (Haaretz)
- Seven Palestinians wounded by Israeli army fire in clashes near Gaza border fence (Haaretz)
- Syrian opposition rules out indirect talks before goodwill steps (Reuters)
- Minister Ya'alon: Settlers who broke into Hebron homes trampled the law (Haaretz)
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