Middle East

Palestinian man stabs two Israeli soldiers in West Bank

Man shot dead after attacking Israeli soldiers, leaving one critically wounded

Israeli security forces and forensics surround the body of a Palestinian man, in the West Bank village of Sinjil, who was killed by Israeli forces after injuring two Israelis in a stabbing attack near the entrance to the Shilo settlement on route 60, the main road linking the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus on April 8, 2015. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
Israeli security forces and forensics surround the body of a Palestinian man, in the West Bank village of Sinjil, who was killed by Israeli forces after injuring two Israelis in a stabbing attack near the entrance to the Shilo settlement on route 60, the main road linking the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus on April 8, 2015. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
Wed Apr 08 2015 - 11:41

A Palestinian stabbed and wounded two Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday and then was shot dead by troops, the military said.

One of the soldiers was stabbed in the neck and taken to hospital in critical condition. The other was slightly hurt in the incident on a main road near the Jewish settlement of Maale Levona.

“Israeli forces on the scene shot and killed the Palestinian assailant,” the military said in a statement.