Palestinian shot dead near Ramallah after stabbing Israeli soldier
Oct. 21, 2015 4:51 P.M. (Updated : Oct. 21, 2015 6:00 P.M.)
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RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Palestinian was shot dead near Ramallah after allegedly attacking an Israeli soldier and settler near the illegal Adam settlement in the Ramallah district.
The Israeli army confirmed that a soldier, reportedly 19, was critically wounded after earlier reports suggested the victim was a civilian settler.
Israeli police said the suspect stabbed the Israeli soldier in the neck and was shot dead by Israeli forces.
A second suspect was detained at the scene and the area was closed off, he added.
The Palestinian liaison office identified the suspect as Mutaz Atallah Qassem, 22 , from the town of al-Eizariya.
Earlier, Israeli forces shot and injured Istabraq Ahmad Noor, 15, after claiming that she was planning an attack in the Nablus-district settlement of Yitzhar.
Israeli media reports said that there had been a suspected car attack in the town of Silwad which injured an Israeli police officer.
A Palestinian allegedly hit a Israeli police officer at a checkpoint by the illegal settlement of Ofra before fleeing the scene.
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54-year-old Palestinian dies from tear gas inhalation in Hebron
Oct. 21, 2015 6:17 P.M. (Updated : Oct. 21, 2015 6:42 P.M.)
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HEBRON (Ma’an) — A 54-year-old Palestinian died on Wednesday from excessive tear gas inhalation during clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli forces in Hebron, medical sources said.
A doctor in Hebron’s government hospital told Ma’an that the Palestinian, identified as Hashem al-Azzeh, had a previous history of cardiac disease.
Locals told Ma’an that he was a resident of the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron, and was at Bab al-Zawiya in central Hebron when he suffered excessive tear gas inhalation.
He was rushed to hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.