Palestinian killed after alleged W. Bank attack: Army

RAMALLAH, Palestine

A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Tuesday following an alleged knife attack in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army said in a statement.

According to the army, the suspect was injured after allegedly trying to stab an Israeli soldier near the Jewish-only Kiryat Arba settlement in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil).

“No injuries were reported among soldiers,” the army statement asserted.

In a subsequent statement, the army identified the slain Palestinian as Yasser Fawzi Shawki from Al-Khalil.

Witnesses, meanwhile, have reported that soldiers pulled the suspect into a nearby building immediately after the incident.