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Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian in West Bank

Tuesday, 03 May 2016 5:52 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 03 May 2016 6:11 PM ]

The body of a Palestinian, who the Israeli military said was shot dead by the Israeli troops after he rammed his vehicle into three Israeli soldiers, lies covered on the ground near Beituniya near the West Bank city of Ramallah May 3, 2016. ©Reuters

Israeli forces have shot and killed another Palestinian who had allegedly rammed his car into three Israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank.

Local sources said the Palestinian was killed on Tuesday near the illegal Israeli settlement of Dolev northwest of Ramallah.

The Israeli military said in a statement that the unidentified Palestinian man was shot dead after he allegedly rammed his car into three Israeli soldiers in the area.

The Israelis were reportedly injured in the incident, one gravely, and were transported to a hospital in the occupied al-Quds (Jerusalem).

A new wave of uprising has erupted in the West Bank since last October after Palestinians accused Israelis of trying to change the status quo of the al-Aqsa Mosque by increasingly frequenting the religious compound. The mosque is one of the most sacred in the world for the Muslims.

More than 200 have been killed from the Palestinians since the start of the uprising, with Israelis claiming that most of them were involved in attacks against the settlers as well as against the regime forces. More than two dozen have been killed from the Israeli side.

On Wednesday, Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian siblings near the Qalandiya checkpoint between Quds and Ramallah, saying they allegedly tried to stab Israeli officers.

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