Two attacks by Palestinians, including a stabbing at an office building in Tel Aviv, have killed three Israelis, intensifying a two-month-long wave of violence. Much of the recent unrest has focused on the West Bank city of Hebron, a frequent flashpoint. But the attack in Israel’s economic hub of Tel Aviv returned the violence to the Israeli heartland, shattering a lull that had set in outside of the West Bank, and stoking Israeli fears that a fully-fledged Palestinian uprising could erupt. Israel has beefed up security across the country in recent weeks in light of the attacks, sending soldiers to patrol cities alongside thousands of police. It has set up checkpoints and concrete barriers...
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