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Israeli army kills Palestinian in West Bank over alleged knife attack
The Israeli army shot dead a Palestinian who allegedly attacked a military checkpoint with a knife in the occupied West Bank. On the same day, Israeli settlers killed two more Palestinians in attacks in the region.
The Israeli army shot dead a Palestinian at a military checkpoint in the West Bank, claiming he attempted a knife attack. In a statement, the army said the person who attempted to attack soldiers was killed by the gunfire.
According to Israeli state television KAN, the attacker lightly wounded a soldier in the leg. The identity of the killed Palestinian has not yet been released.
Just a few hours earlier, Israeli settlers killed two more Palestinians in the rural area of Nablus in the West Bank, claiming they had carried out a knife attack.
The Council for the Fight against the Separation Wall and Jewish Settlements, affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization, announced that 20 Palestinians have been killed in attacks by Israeli settlers in the West Bank since the beginning of the year. The council stressed that this figure is the highest in recent years and that there has been a serious escalation in attacks.
According to the statement, the highest death toll was in the cities of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, where 12 Palestinians were killed. Three were killed in Nablus, two in Hebron, two in East Jerusalem, and one in Salfit. Of those killed, 16 were shot, two died as a result of attacks and pursuit by Israelis, one died from gas exposure, and another died of a heart attack during an attack.
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