Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank after alleged stabbing attempt

The Israeli military says Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian after he attempted to stab a soldier in the occupied West Bank.

The military says the alleged attacker did not wound any soldiers during Monday’s killing in the Gitai Junction. It says troops fired toward him and the he was “neutralised and killed.”

The incident comes as security forces continue to search for a Palestinian who shot and killed two Israelis in the Barkan industrial park last week before fleeing the scene.

The military also notified the man’s family on Monday that it intends to demolish his home in response to the attack.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967, routinely confiscating land for illegal settlements.

A Palestinian mother of eight was killed late on Friday night, after Israeli settlers hurled rocks at her car at a checkpoint near Nablus in the northern West Bank.

Sources told The New Arab's Arabic service that Aisha Mohammed Rabi, from the village of Bidya in the northern West Bank was killed and her husband injured by stones thrown at their vehicle by a group of Israeli settlers.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said that one of their teams transported Rabi, who had suffered a serious head injury, to the nearby Rafidia hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.

More than 600,000 Israeli Jews live in settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, in constructions considered illegal under international law.

Agencies contributed to this report.