JERUSALEM: An Israeli shot and killed a Palestinian who he said tried to attack him with a knife near the West Bank city of Nablus.
A Nablus hospital says another Palestinian was moderately wounded in Wednesday’s shooting.
The Israeli military says an Israeli civilian shot a Palestinian who attempted to carry out a stabbing. Israel’s Beilinson hospital says the Palestinian later died of his wounds.
The Israeli man told local media the Palestinian “jumped on the car with a knife and tried to open the door.”
Since 2015, Palestinians have killed over 50 Israelis in West Bank stabbings, shootings and car-ramming attacks. Israeli forces have killed over 260 Palestinians in that same period. Israel says most were attackers, but clashes between protesters and soldiers have also turned deadly.
Israeli kills suspected Palestinian attacker in West Bank
Israeli kills suspected Palestinian attacker in West Bank
- Israeli hospital said the Palestinian died of his wounds
- The Israeli shooter said the Palestinian man wanted to stab him