The Israeli army has explained that the shooting of a Palestinian on Sunday occurred after “soldiers spotted a suspect who tried to illegally cross the security fence” in the area of the West Bank city of Tulkarm.
“Soldiers operated to apprehend the suspect in accordance with standard operating procedures, using live fire,” according to an army spokesman.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the man had died.
Following Sunday’s stabbing in Jerusalem, police said border police officers at the scene shot the Palestinian attacker and that he and the victim were being treated for their injuries.
Separately, the killing of three people in Elad on Thursday had led to a three-day manhunt by Israeli forces for two axe-wielding assailants who had run through the town, some 15 km (nine miles) to the north. from Tel-Aviv.
The two men were captured on Sunday in a forest near Elad, the Israeli army said. Israel has identified them as residents of a village near the West Bank Palestinian city of Jenin.
Israeli news websites posted photos of the two, who appeared to be unharmed, and of Israeli security men with guns pointed at their hiding place, after they were detained.
Since March, Palestinians and members of Israel’s Arab minority have killed 18 people, including three policemen and a security guard, in attacks in Israel and the West Bank that have mostly targeted civilians. (Additional reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch Edited in Spanish by Juana Casas)
Source: Ambito
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