Mourners carry the body of 24-year-old Palestinian Abdel Jawad Hamdan Saleh, killed a day earlier during a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the village of Umm Safa, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Arora north of Ramallah, on July 8, 2023. (Credit: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
RAMALLAH — A Palestinian assailant threw a grenade and shot at Israeli soldiers who returned fire at him in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Israeli military said, and Palestinian officials said the man was dead.
Violence in the occupied West Bank has worsened over the past 15 months with stepped-up Israeli raids, Palestinian street attacks and assaults by Jewish settlers on Palestinian villages.
The Israeli military said soldiers had stopped a suspicious motorist on a West Bank road and questioned him, after which he exited the vehicle, threw a grenade at the forces and fired at them before they shot back and "neutralized" him.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed his death. There was no other immediate comment by Palestinian officials.
US-brokered peace talks aimed at creating an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza collapsed in 2014 and show no sign of revival. Israel captured all three areas in the 1967 Middle East war.
Israel launched its biggest operation in years in the West Bank last week in Jenin. Twelve Palestinians, most of them confirmed militant fighters, were killed, as well as one Israeli soldier.
assailant threw a grenade and shot at Israeli soldiers who
returned fire at him in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the
Israeli military said, and Palestinian officials said the man
was dead.
Violence in the occupied West Bank has worsened over the
past 15 months with stepped-up Israeli raids, Palestinian street
attacks and assaults by Jewish settlers on Palestinian villages.
The Israeli military said soldiers had stopped a suspicious
motorist on a West Bank road and questioned him, after which he
exited the vehicle, threw a grenade at the forces and fired at
them before they shot back and "neutralized" him.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed his death. There
was no other immediate comment by Palestinian officials.
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