KABUL: (MEP) Two more Palestinians were killed in separate incidents by Israeli forces across the occupied West Bank over allegations that they tried to stab the forces.
In the first incident on Thursday, a Palestinian was shot dead at an entrance to an industrial zone at the illegal Israeli Ariel settlement, the biggest in the north of the West Bank.
Israeli police accused him of stabbing two guards, saying they sustained moderate injuries.
The second Palestinian was killed near the city of al-Khalil (Hebron) in the southern West Bank. He said he tried to attack Israeli soldiers with a screwdriver, but no injuries among Israelis were reported.
“A Palestinian armed with a screwdriver approached a checkpoint near Hebron and attempted to stab security forces,” the Israeli military said in a statement. “The forces responded to the imminent threat, thwarted the attack and shot the perpetrator, resulting in his death.”
The killings came a day after Israeli police killed two other Palestinians after accusing them of carrying out a stabbing attack at the Jaffa gate of the Israeli occupied Old City in al-Quds (Jerusalem).
