JERUSALEM (AP) — Safety guards shot lifeless a Palestinian attacker after he opened fireplace at them Wednesday outdoors of a West Financial institution settlement east of Jerusalem, wounding a guard, Israeli police mentioned.
The guard stationed outdoors the settlement of Maale Adumim was calmly wounded in his hand, in line with Israeli medics. The id of the attacker was not instantly identified.
It was the newest conflict in a wave of violence between Israeli safety forces and Palestinians for the reason that spring, when Israel started conducting common raids into the West Financial institution and east Jerusalem following a sequence of Palestinian assaults that killed 19 folks inside Israel.
Greater than 120 Palestinians have been killed within the combating this yr, making 2022 the deadliest yr since 2015. The Israeli military says many of the Palestinians killed have been militants. However stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions and others not concerned in confrontations have additionally been killed.
Israel captured the West Financial institution within the 1967 Mideast warfare. The world is now dwelling to roughly 500,000 Israeli settlers. The worldwide neighborhood extensively considers the settlements unlawful and obstacles to peace.
The Palestinians declare the entire West Financial institution, together with east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, for a future impartial state.