JERUSALEM: Israeli soldiers shot dead at least two Palestinians, including an alleged knife-wielding assailant, in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, as four months of tensions continued to simmer.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 21-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli army gunfire during a confrontation between troops and protesters in the town of Beit Jalla, near Bethlehem. The military said troops had fired at "rioters who hurled firebombs and rocks at the soldiers".