Palestinian shot dead after stone-throwing at Israeli cars: medics, army

JERUSALEM, March 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A Palestinian was shot dead in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical sources said, with the Israeli army saying a soldier opened fire after Israeli cars were stoned.

The Palestinian health ministry said Ahmed Manasara, 26, was shot dead near a checkpoint close to Bethlehem, without providing further details.

The Israeli military said that a soldier had “opened fire after identifying rocks being thrown at Israeli vehicles.”

“The incident will be examined,” the army said in a statement.

Official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Manasara was in the car when he was shot dead, with another Palestinian in the car seriously wounded.

Manasara’s death comes a day after two Palestinians were killed in clashes near Nablus as tensions in the West Bank rose ahead of the April 9 general elections in Israel.

Palestinian attacks against Israeli soldiers and settlers occur sporadically in the West Bank, under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Six-Day War. — NNN-AGENCIES

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