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One Palestinian shot dead following attempted attacks against Israeli soldiers

Xinhua, December 11, 2015 Adjust font size:

Two Palestinian were shot, resulting in one's death, after allegedly trying to commit shooting and vehicular attacks against Israeli soldiers in the West Bank on Friday, the Israeli army said.

In the latest incident, a Palestinian man attempted to ram his car into security forces near Hebron in the West Bank, according to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson.

The army said the forces managed to thwart the attack and shot the attacker, who died from his wounds.

Less than an hour earlier, at the Gilboa crossing near Jenin in the northern West Bank, a Palestinian allegedly fired shots at soldiers stationed at the post, without causing any injuries.

The IDF said the gunman has been shot, and Palestinian media outlets reported he was transported to a hospital in Jenin.

These attacks follow an overnight operation by the IDF, the Shin Bet security agency and the Israeli police, in which a suspect was apprehended for a vehicular attack injuring four soldiers on Thursday.

The Israeli military identified the suspect as 37-year-old Mohammed Abdel Hamid Salam, a Hamas operative with a criminal record, who allegedly confessed to committing the attack during an initial investigation.

Nineteen Israelis and one U.S. national were killed in stabbing, shooting and vehicular attacks in an ongoing wave of violence in the past two months.

At the same time, more than 110 Palestinians were killed, some in clashes with Israeli security forces, while others were gunned down while allegedly committing attacks against Israelis.

The violence was sparked amid strife over the flashpoint site of the al-Aqsa compound in east Jerusalem, holy to both Jewish and Muslim worshippers, and spread into full-blown violence throughout the country.

Whereas Israeli right-wing leaders blame the Palestinian Authority for incitement to violence, fueled by religious motives, the Palestinians blame the ongoing 50-year occupation by Israel of the West Bank, east Jerusalem and Gaza Strip territories, home to more than five million Palestinians, where the Palestinian seek to establish a state, in accordance with the two-state solution. Endit