Peter Lerner , Spokesman for the Israel Defence Force(IDF), in a statement said in addition to the deployment, it would engage six companies to reinforce the police.
The exact number of soldiers was not disclosed, but the move follows a security cabinet meeting that ended early Wednesday. The cabinet also decided that police will seal off Arab neighbourhoods in east Jerusalem, and demolish the homes of suspected terrorists as well as revoke their permanent residency.
On Tuesday, Palestinian attackers went after Israelis with knives and – in one instance – a gun, leaving three Israelis dead and 22 injured in separate assaults on a “Day of Rage” declared by Palestinian groups.
Two of the attackers were killed and three injured.
Seven Israelis have been killed and many injured in a wave of Palestinian knife attacks this month, while 18 Palestinians from the West Bank and Jerusalem have been killed.
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