Israel has announced plans to build a new fence near the flashpoint city of Hebron as two Palestinians were shot and killed in separate incidents on the West Bank.
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More than 100 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of October, the majority of whom were killed during attempted, alleged, and actual attacks on Israeli military and civilians.
Israeli police say a Palestinian was shot and killed after ramming his vehicle into a group of Israelis in the West Bank.
Earlier, Samer Hassan Siresee, 51, was shot dead by border police after getting out of a taxi and running at forces with a knife at Tapuah junction near the northern West Bank city Nablus, police said. Others have died in clashes with security forces.
Police and the Palestinian Health Ministry said the driver was the brother of a man who on Sunday had been shot dead in a similar incident nearby.
On Thursday 26th November, at around 8 am, Israeli forces detained two young Palestinians boys at Quitoun checkpoint in occupied Hebron (Al-Khalil), allegedly throwing stones at the soldiers.
The spokesperson added that the soldiers used a Ruger rifle with 0.22 caliber, used by security forces to disperse riots, considered less lethal than ordinary weapons used by the forces. Throughout the unrest, Palestinian security forces have maintained a longstanding system of security cooperation to help contain the violence. Both the officer and the official spoke on condition of anonymity because the offer has not been made public.
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According to IDF assessments, more than 95% of the attacks have been perpetrated by Palestinian “lone wolves” unaffiliated to any militant organisation, but incited to violence by social media, Hamas’s official media outlets, and Islamic State propaganda. Many of the Palestinians involved in the current round of violence have come from there.
