Israel army shoots Palestinian while crossing from West Bank
ABC News
The Palestinian Health Ministry says a Palestinian man died after he was shot by Israeli troops near a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM -- A Palestinian man died after he was shot by Israeli troops trying to cross the security fence near a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, hours after Israeli authorities apprehended two Palestinians who killed three people in an attack last week.
The Israeli military said that soldiers “spotted a suspect who attempted to illegally cross the security fence” and fired at him. It said the man was evacuated to receive medical treatment, but declined commenting on the man’s condition. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the man's death.
In a separate incident, a Palestinian man allegedly stabbed an Israeli police officer outside Jerusalem’s Old City. Police said the knife-wielding man stabbed the policeman, and other officers at the scene near the Damascus Gate shot the assailant.
Paramedics said the officer was hospitalized in moderate condition. The attacker’s condition was not immediately clear.
