1 Israeli killed and 3 wounded in West Bank stabbing as UN approves Trump's Gaza plan

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian attackers stabbed an Israeli to death and wounded three more in the West Bank on Tuesday before being shot down by troops in the latest violence to rock the occupied territory, the Israeli military said.

The attack follows a spate of settler violence against Palestinians across the West Bank. Officials, including U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have warned that such unrest could spill over and undermine the fragile truce in Gaza.

It came a day after the U.N. Security Council gave its backing to U.S. President Donald Trump’s blueprint to secure and govern Gaza. Hamas rejected the plan as other countries signaled excitement and readiness to help implement it.

The Israeli military said the stabbing took place at the Gush Etzion junction south of Jerusalem, a site of many past attacks by Palestinian militants.

Israel’s emergency rescue services said a 71-year-old man died of stab wounds at the scene. Three other people were hospitalized, including a woman in serious condition and a teenager in moderate condition. The military said Israeli troops then opened fire, killing two Palestinian attackers. The Palestinian Health Ministry later identified them as two 18-year-olds from the Hebron area.

Yaron Rosenthal, head of the regional council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, demanded Israel respond to the attack and provide more support for the area's Israeli settlements.

“Terrorism is fueled by the hope of a state,” he said, connecting the violence to the Palestinian Authority and the reemerging push to advance efforts to secure Palestinian statehood.

Hamas did not claim responsibility for the attack, but in a statement called it “a normal response to the occupation's attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause,” vowing that Israeli aggression wouldn't go unchallenged.

Elsewhere in the West Bank on Tuesday, news network Al Jazeera’s local bureau chief, Walid al-Omari, said Israeli forces shot cameraman Fadi Yassin in both legs while he was covering a protest in the city of Tulkarem. The military did not respond to a request for comment.

Tulkarem has been a flashpoint throughout the year, with Israeli forces frequently carrying out incursions around the Nur Shams refugee camp, which they say is home to many militants. Civilians say the area has endured repeated raids, sieges and home demolitions, prompting regular protests by Palestinians angry about operations pushing people from their homes

An Associated Press journalist saw soldiers fire into the air to disperse protesters and then shoot toward Yassin as he moved toward the camp entrance to film. The journalist later saw Yassin on the ground, injured and surrounded by Palestinians, including women and children, before he was carried by bystanders to an ambulance.

The violence came a day after Israeli settlers rampaged through the Palestinian village of al-Jab’a, torching homes and cars, drawing a rare condemnation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli leaders.

The United States, Israel and the Palestinian Authority praised the U.N. vote on Trump’s postwar Gaza plan. Hamas rejected it, saying the proposed security force would only help Israel maintain its grip on the territory.

The resolution provides a wide mandate for an international force to provide security in war-devastated Gaza, approves a transitional authority called the Board of Peace to be overseen by Trump and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state. Netanyahu, who otherwise applauded the resolution, did not mention the pathway to statehood in remarks about the plans.

The plan calls for the stabilization force to ensure "the permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups.” It authorizes the force “to use all necessary measures to carry out its mandate” in compliance with international law, which is U.N. language for the use of military force.

Hamas said Monday that the force's mandate, including disarmament, “strips it of its neutrality, and turns it into a party to the conflict in favor of the occupation.” It said the resolution did not “meet the level of our Palestinian people’s political and humanitarian demands and rights." Hamas demanded that any international force be under U.N. supervision, deploy only at Gaza’s borders to monitor the ceasefire and operate exclusively with Palestinian institutions.

The vote shores up hopes that Gaza’s fragile ceasefire will be maintained following a war set off by Hamas’ surprise attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 people. Israel’s offensive since then has killed over 69,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants but says the majority are women and children.

The European Union announced Tuesday it will host a conference on Thursday for a new Palestinian donors group to discuss financial aid for Gaza’s reconstruction, reforms of the Palestinian Authority and long-term peace in the Middle East. The EU has pledged in the past to help train police officers in Gaza and flood the war-torn coastal enclave with humanitarian aid.

European Commission spokesperson Guillaume Mercier said delegations from 60 entities, including the EU’s 27 member states, some unnamed financial institutions, international organizations and other countries, would meet in Brussels. The meeting is to be co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia.

Another Commission spokesperson, Anouar El Anouni, said the U.N. Security Council resolution “provides the basis for moving into the next phase, including work related to the International Stabilization Force and the Board of Peace.”

U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said Tuesday that the international community needed to “work together to take forward the 20-point plan and to turn it into a just and lasting peace.” Cooper called for “urgent action to open all the crossings, lift restrictions and flood Gaza with aid.”

Trump said the members of the Board of Peace will be named in the coming weeks, along with “many more exciting announcements.”

The plan calls for the stabilization troops to secure Gaza border areas, along with a Palestinian police force that they have trained and vetted. The force will coordinate with other countries to secure the flow of humanitarian assistance, and should closely consult and cooperate with neighboring Egypt and Israel.

As the international force establishes control, the resolution says Israeli forces will withdraw from Gaza “based on standards, milestones, and time frames linked to demilitarization.” These must be agreed to by the stabilization force, Israeli forces, the U.S. and the guarantors of the ceasefire, it says.

Associated Press writers Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations, Majdi Mohammed in Tulkarem, West Bank; Suzan Frazer in Ankara, Turkey; Sam McNeil in Brussels and Niniek Karmini in Jakarta, Indonesia; contributed to this report.

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Two girls sit next to their drying laundry in a gutted apartment building in Gaza City, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Mahmoud Fawzi, a cameraman for the Jordanian TV channel Roya TV, is detained by Israeli soldiers during a protest by displaced Palestinians calling to return to their houses in the Nur Shams refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi Yassin is carried after being shot in the legs by Israeli soldiers during a protest by displaced Palestinians calling to return to their houses in the Nur Shams refugee camp, in the West Bank city of Tulkarem, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Members of Israeli security forces inspect the site of a ramming and stabbing attack near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Gush Etzion, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip are seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli troops are seen near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

An Israeli soldier and an armed ultra-Orthodox Jewish man are seen at a bus stop in southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Israeli soldiers work on tanks at a staging area on the border with Gaza Strip, in southern Israel, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brandt Clarke scored twice to help Los Angeles break out of an offensive funk, Darcy Kuemper made 23 saves and the Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 6-0 on Saturday night to split a two-game set.

Warren Foegele, Andrei Kuzmenko, Mikey Anderson and Alex Turcotte also scored after the Kings had been held to two goals or fewer in seven of their past nine games. The six goals are their most in regulation this season and they won by more than one goal for the first time since a 5-1 victory at Montreal on Nov. 11.

Spencer Knight made 26 saves for the Blackhawks. Chicago forward Teuvo Teravainen did not play after he was struck in the face by a puck in the final minute of a 2-1 victory over the Kings on Thursday night.

Goals of any sort had been hard to come by for the Kings over the past three weeks, but Foegele’s one-timer early in the second period led to an offensive eruption in the middle 20 minutes.

Kuzmenko then got Los Angeles’ first power-play goal in five games and only its third in the past 12 outings. They are 3-for-36 (8.3%) in that span.

Clarke finished off the breakthrough period by scoring through the screen of Corey Perry, who gave Knight no vantage point to see the wrist shot from the high slot.

Clarke got his second of the night early in the third period, followed by Anderson and Turcotte each netting their second goals of the season.

Blackhawks: At Anaheim on Sunday night.

Kings: At Utah on Monday night.

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Chicago Blackhawks center Oliver Moore (11) shoots against Los Angeles Kings goaltender Darcy Kuemper (35) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)

Los Angeles Kings left wing Warren Foegele (37) is greeted by Los Angeles Kings left wing Trevor Moore (12) after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)

Los Angeles Kings left wing Andrei Kuzmenko (96) reacts after scoring during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)

Los Angeles Kings defenseman Brandt Clarke (92) takes a shot and scores as Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard (98) trails behind during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)