Palestinian shot dead in attempted stabbing in West Bank
Xinhua, January 14, 2016 Adjust font size:
Israel's army said Thursday morning that troops shot dead a Palestinian after he tried to stab a soldier in the southern West Bank, the latest in a four-month surge of violence.
The incident occurred at the Beit Anun Junction, north of Hebron, an area in which many of the recent Palestinian attacks took place.
No Israelis were injured in the incident, a military spokesperson said in a statement.
According to the spokesperson, a Palestinian "armed with a knife, attempted to stab a soldier." The suspect, whose name was not immediately identified, was shot and killed.
The incident came a day after Israeli forces killed two Palestinian men, one 23 and the other 17, outside Beit Anun, claiming that one of them intended to perpetrate a stabbing attack while the other had driven him.
At least 150 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces or armed civilians since the violent uprising began in mid-September. In the same period, 23 Israelis and a U.S. citizen were killed in knife, car-ramming, and shooting attacks by Palestinians.
Israel has been accusing the Palestinian National Authority of "inciting" the violence while the Palestinians say it is the result of 49 years of Israeli control of their lands. Endit