Assailant kills soldier in bus station

Innocent bystander shot by police amid confusion after they apparently mistook him for an attacker

An Arab attacker armed with a gun and a knife opened fire in a southern Israel bus station on Sunday, police said, killing an Israeli soldier and wounding 10 people in one of the boldest attacks yet in a monthlong wave of violence.

The attack came as Israel further tightened security around the country, highlighted by the construction of a barrier separating Jewish and Arab neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. In a bid to halt the fighting, US Secretary of State John Kerry said he would meet the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in the coming days.