Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that two Palestinians were “apprehended and neutralized” at the Ibrahimi mosque checkpoint in Hebron after carrying out a stabbing attack on a border police officer.
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Two Palestinians who attempted to stab Israeli border police in the West Bank have been shot and killed as deadly violence in the occupied territories continues.
The meeting Sunday evening came after a weekend surge in Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and security forces.
The gunfire killed the driver, a Palestinian identified as Fares Musa Khdoor, 18, from a nearby village, Bani Naim.
Palestinian shops along the same street were ordered closed by police after the attack, shopowners said. The Israeli sniper asked him “Where Do You Want to Be Shot?” before firing, the Israeli daily newspaper, Hareetz reported.
Palestinian leaders as well as the United Nations have said that the recent unrest in Palestine and Israel and the stabbing attacks are the result of the Palestinian population’s desperation and lack of hope for any solution for the decades-long conflict amid Israeli occupation and settlement expansion.
Officials fear the upcoming Jewish holidays and the recently ended Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday could be behind the raised tensions.
Fighting resumed over the weekend for control of Libya’s key eastern crude-oil ports, Libyan officials said, delaying a shipment of petroleum and highlighting the fragile nature of the country’s planned ramp-up of exports.
The first soldier ducked out of the way of the blade before the attacker, named locally as Hatem Abdel-Hafiz al-Shaloudi, ran at other troops.
The statement said the Palestinian was “brought to Shaare Zedek hospital in critical condition” and “died of his injuries”.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu extended his almost year-long order barring members of parliament and ministers from visiting the volatile site.
Amman has disputed the Israeli account of Friday’s incident, calling the shooting of 28-year-old Saeed Amro “premeditated” and a “barbaric act”.
Netanyahu also called for increased activity against Palestinian incitement on social networks, and for a response team to be established to refute disinformation about Israeli policy on the Temple Mount.
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At least 230 Palestinians and 34 Israelis have been killed in Israel and the West Bank since October 2015. Israel says the vast majority were attackers, though Palestinians have accused Israeli forces of using excessive force or killing people who were not assailants.
