In the latest incident, the military said an Israeli army patrol in
the West Bank village of Hawara approached a Palestinian suspect in
order to question him, but he ran towards the soldiers with a knife and
was fatally shot.
Palestinian shot dead after trying to stab Israeli soldiers - military(Independent)
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian on Thursday who the military said tried to stab them after he was stopped for questioning in the occupied West Bank.
A campaign of stabbings, shootings and car-rammings by Palestinians has killed 19 Israelis and a U.S. citizen since October. Israeli forces have killed at least 114 Palestinians, 68 of whom the army described as assailants.
In
the latest incident, the military said an Israeli army patrol in the
West Bank village of Hawara approached a Palestinian suspect in order to
question him, but he ran towards the soldiers with a knife and was
fatally shot.
Violence has been partly fuelled by
Palestinian frustration over the collapse of statehood talks with Israel
in 2014 and stepped up Jewish visits to Jerusalem's
al-Aqsa mosque compound, which is revered by Muslims as Islam's third
holiest site and by Jews as the location of two destroyed biblical-era
temples.
Israeli leaders say Palestinian
incitement to violence on social media and sympathy with Islamist
militant calls for Israel's destruction are key factors behind the wave
of Palestinian attacks.
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