Israeli soldiers stand guard near the scene where two Palestinians, who the Israeli military said stabbed and wounded an Israeli soldier, were shot dead by Israeli forces, in the village of Hewara, near the West Bank city of Nablus today.
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The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the two Palestinians killed were 17-year-old Mohammed Sabaaneh, and Nur Eddine Sabaaneh, 23, from Qabatia near Jenin in the north of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. ‘The terrorist pulled out a knife and tried to stab the policeman and was quickly killed by police gunfire. The troops then opened fire at the attackers, killing them and moderately wounding another soldier who was caught in the crossfire.
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At least 127 Palestinians have died in the same period, of whom 87 Israel says were attacking or attempting to attack Israelis.
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Latest shooting by Israeli forces, at Huwara checkpoint, take Palestinian death toll to 141 since the start of October.
The media added that earlier in the day, four Palestinians have been detained while one Israeli soldier has been injured in four similar incidents.
20 Israelis have also been killed.
Elsewhere in the West Bank, the Israeli military said a Palestinian motorist rammed his auto into a checkpoint on Saturday and lightly wounded a soldier stationed there. The soldier was evacuated to hospital and the assailant was said to be “receiving medical treatment”.
The surge in attacks has been partly fueled by Palestinian frustration over the collapse of U.S.-sponsored peace talks in 2014, the growth of Jewish settlements on land they seek for a future state and Islamist calls for the destruction of Israel.
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Israeli leaders blame the Palestinian Authority for incitement to violence due to religious motives, sparked by tensions over the flashpoint holy site of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in east Jerusalem.
