Israel says 2 men dead after firing on police

His comments came as the Palestinian ministry of health said 28 people were shot, including one in the head, when Israeli soldeirs raided the Al-Amari refugee camp at the entrance to the West Bank city of Ramallah.

The teenage victims were identified as Nihad Raed Waked and Fuad Marwan Waked, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. They were not thought to be closely related.

Earlier this month, an Israeli border police officer was killed in a similar attack at the same site, during which three Palestinians were shot dead in response.

Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast War and built settlements there. An Israeli army vehicle took her to the hospital in critical condition.

The Israeli police said the two Palestinians carried automatic rifles, and fired on officers of the Border Guards Units.

The second Palestinian shot dead during the incident was identified as Omar Ahmad Omar, 20.

Late on Sunday night two Palestinian men opened fire on Israeli police near the Damascus Gate of the Old City in Jerusalem.

Some Palestinians then move forward toward the man in the wheelchair while another officer points his weapon at one of them, kicks him and orders him back, before firing a stun grenade. They were both killed by Israeli forces. Gadi Eizenkot, said last week that most of the attackers operate alone and are not backed by any militant organization, noting they are mostly youngsters who copycat each other in carrying out the attacks.

The violence has claimed the lives of 26 Israelis, as well as an American, a Sudanese and an Eritrean, according to an AFP count.

Numerous attackers in the latest bout of ethnically charged violence were teenagers who presumably acted alone, with no known links to Islamist groups.

Global efforts at halting the attacks have been largely unsuccessful.

Al-Malki’s comment seems to be a response to a speech made by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin Saturday which called for direct negotiations during a visit to Israel by U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power.