“Three attackers, armed with knives, attempted to stab soldiers guarding the Gush Etzion junction”, an Israeli military statement said.
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Palestinians brandishing knives attacked Israeli soldiers in two separate incidents in the West Bank on Thursday night before forces opened fire killing three assailants, the military said, in the latest violence in nearly four months of near daily Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers.
Palestinian health officials confirmed the deaths, and added that no soldiers were injured in the incidents.
The group said some 2,133 Palestinians have been left homeless as a result of the Israeli regime’s demolition of Palestinian homes, which is “illegal under worldwide law”.
A fourth Palestinian was shot and killed attempting a stabbing on IDF forces in a checkpoint near Hebron. At least 134 Palestinians died by Israeli fire, including 93 said by Israel to be attackers.
The three would-be assailants from the Gush Etzion incident were identified in Palestinian media as Muhanad Kawazbeh, 20; Ahmed Kawazbeh, 21, and Alaa Kawazbeh, 20, all from Sair.
Frequent stabbing, shooting, and car-ramming attacks by Palestinians have killed 23 Israelis and a US citizen since mid-September.
More than half a million Israelis live in over 120 settlement colonies built since Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and East al-Quds.
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Shalaledeh’s brother, Mohammad Shalaldeh, died after clashes with Israeli forces in November.
