Palestinian shot dead after stabbing Israeli near Gush Etzion
Nov. 22, 2015 3:55 P.M. (Updated: Nov. 22, 2015 5:31 P.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces after he stabbed and wounded a 20-year-old Israeli woman near the illegal Israeli settlement bloc of Gush Etzion, Israeli sources said, in the third Palestinian death on Sunday.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that a “Palestinian stabbed a civilian” at the Gush Etzion junction, and “forces on site responded to the imminent threat and shot the attacker, resulting in his death.”
The Palestinian was later identified as 34-year-old Issa Thawabta from Beit Fajjar in Bethlehem district, just south of Gush Etzion.
The army spokesperson said the Israeli victim was evacuated for emergency care, and Israeli emergency services Magen David Adom told Ma’an that she was a 20-year-old woman “currently in severe condition.”
A Ma’an reporter who was present in the area said that he witnessed dozens of Israeli soldiers rushing to the hitchhiking station at the Gush Etzion junction, firing gunshots.
The soldiers then shut down the main bypass road known as Route 60.
Thawabta was the third Palestinian to be killed on Sunday, after another two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli settlers after allegedly attempting to attack Israelis.
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