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Israeli soldiers shoot dead two Palestinian assailants: army
Posted On Jan 10 2016
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At least 110 of those slain were killed “in cold blood”, the ministry said, while 10 bodies were still being held by Israeli authorities.
During the funeral, Palestinian protesters shouted slogans against the Israelis and condemned the killing of the four youths.
Israeli troops shot dead on Saturday two Palestinians who tried to stab soldiers at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, the military said, as a surge in violence showed no sign of abating.
Meanwhile in Bethlehem, forces handed three Palestinians from the villages of Marah Rabah and Beit Fajjar notices ordering them to appear before the Israeli intelligence for interrogation.
The Halabi family were initially informed of the decision to demolish their home in October when the Israeli army raided the house, allegedly physically and verbally abused family members, and took measurements of the house.
The soldiers at Bekaot checkpoint in the northern West Bank were not injured and Israeli forces “thwarted the attack and shot the assailants”, said the military. My son and I were shot with rubber bullets. “The Authority catches them and kills them”.
Mourners carry the body of Saed al-Atrash, a Palestinian who was shot dead by Israeli troops, after Israel handed over the bodies of 17 Palestinians to be buried near the West Bank town of Hebron on January 1, 2016.
His attack and subsequent death sparked the on-going wave of violence taking place across Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Since mid-September, Palestinian attacks on Israeli civilians and soldiers have killed 21 Israelis, mostly in stabbings, shootings and car-ramming assaults.
Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan indicated that was indeed the motive of the shooter, an Israeli Arab citizen who was killed in a shootout with police on Friday after a week-long manhunt.
In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, more than 500,000 Israelis live in Jewish-only settlements that encircle Palestinian communities and dissect the region’s territorial contiguity.
