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Two Palestinians shot dead after stabbing Israeli soldier: military

Israel Materials 28 October 2015 02:49 (UTC +04:00)
Two Palestinians were shot dead after stabbing and wounding an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday
Two Palestinians shot dead after stabbing Israeli soldier: military

Two Palestinians were shot dead after stabbing and wounding an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the military said, and an American-Israeli wounded in an attack two weeks ago died of his injuries, an Israeli hospital said, Reuters reported.

Religious and political tensions over a Jerusalem site sacred to both Muslims and Jews have fueled the worst wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence since the 2014 Gaza war.

The Israeli military said that soldiers had approached two Palestinians they found acting suspiciously at a junction near a Jewish settlement.

When the suspects stabbed and wounded one of the soldiers, they were shot and killed, a military spokesman said. Their families said they were 17 and 22 years old.

Since Oct. 1, at least 58 Palestinians, 31 of whom Israel has said were armed assailants, have been shot dead by Israelis at the scene of attacks or during protests in the West Bank and in Gaza. Many of those carrying out attacks have been teenagers.

Palestinians are angry over what they see as excessive use of force by Israeli police and soldiers. Israel says it is justified in using lethal force to meet deadly threats.

Amnesty International said on Tuesday that it has found some of the killings of Palestinians have been unjustified and that Israeli forces were using "extreme and unlawful measures."

In a statement the rights group said it has documented at least four cases in which Palestinians were deliberately shot dead without posing an imminent threat, "in what appear to have been extrajudicial executions."

The number of Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks rose to 11 after the death of American-Israeli Richard Lakin, 76, who had been wounded in a Palestinian stabbing and shooting attack on a Jerusalem bus.

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