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Israeli forces shoot dead two alleged attackers

By GNA
Israel Israeli forces shoot dead two alleged attackers
SEP 16, 2016 LISTEN

Ramallah, ACCRA, Sept. 16 - (dpa/GNA) - Israeli security forces on Friday shot dead two alleged attackers in separate incidents in Jerusalem and in the West Bank, according to Israeli police and army statements.

Police shot a man dead, believed to be a 28-year-old Jordanian citizen, brandishing a knife outside Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City. No one else was hurt in the incident.

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said it was looking into the reports adding only that a citizen was shot dead in Jerusalem. The man killed is believed to have entered the territory on Thursday.

Separately, Israeli forces opened fire at a car that allegedly attempted to ram into Israelis at a bus stop near the Jewish settlement Kiryat Arba in the southern West Bank. The shots killed one person and injured a second, according to the military.

Three Israelis at the bus stop were injured by the car, the army statement said.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the death of a man and the injury of a woman who were in the vehicle but did not give their identity.

On Thursday night, Israeli soldiers also shot and killed a Palestinian in the village of Beit Ulla in the south of the West Bank, as the soldiers attempted an arrest.

Palestinian reports identified the man as 30-year-old Muhammad Sarahin.

More than 230 Palestinians and 30 Israelis have been killed since the outbreak of violence in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and inside Israel almost a year ago.

GNA

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