JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Nov 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli soldiers shot dead another Palestinian man yesterday, after he allegedly carried out a car-ramming attack at a checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, the Israeli army and Palestinian health ministry said.
The Palestinian man drove to the Maccabim checkpoint and hit an Israeli officer, the Israeli army said in a statement.
The man then got out of his car and tried to attack the officer before he was “neutralised,” the army statement added.
The killed Palestinian man was identified by the Palestinian health ministry and local sources as Habes Rayyan, 54, from the village of Beit Duqqu, north-west of Jerusalem.
Tension has been mounting between Israelis and Palestinians since March this year, when the Israeli army intensified its military actions and operations against the Palestinians, by storming Palestinian towns and cities, in the West Bank.
At least 130 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since January, and 20 Israelis killed, since March, according to official Palestinian and Israeli figures.– NNN-WAFA
