U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet separately this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, he said Sunday.
The meetings will come as tensions between the two groups run high. In the past month, eight Israelis have reportedly been killed in Palestinian attacks and 40 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, The Associated Press reports.
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