Zionist soldiers kill Palestinian attacker

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian stabbed two Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, wounding one seriously before being shot dead, the army said.
It was the second knife attack in a week targeting Israeli soldiers and the latest in a wave of lone-wolf attacks which have been on the rise since last summer’s 50-day war in the Gaza Strip.
“Earlier today, two IDF soldiers were stabbed by a Palestinian attacker near the Sinjil junction. One soldier was seriously wounded, the second soldier was lightly wounded,” a military statement said. “Forces at the site neutralized the assailant.”
The incident took place near the entrance to Shilo settlement, not far from the Palestinian village of Sinjil, on route 60, which is the main road linking the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus.
Military sources told AFP one of the soldiers was in serious condition after being stabbed in the neck.
The incident took place despite heightened security measures as Israelis mark the weeklong Passover festival.
Palestinian medics identified the attacker as 27-year-old Mohammed Jasser Karakra from Sinjil village, saying he had been shot twice in the head.
His body was transferred by Israel to the Abu Kabir forensic institute in Tel Aviv, they said.