3 Palestinians were shot dead this morning during 3 separate attacks on Israelis in the West Bank.

In the latest incident, Israeli police say a female officer shot dead a Palestinian woman who stabbed her in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Earlier in Hebron, an Israeli man shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab him.

Meanwhile in Jerusalem, police shot and killed a 16 year old boy who tried to stab two officers.

Over the past month, 8 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks.

34 Palestinians have been killed in the same period - 17 of them were labelled as "attackers" by the Israeli authorities.