Palestinian killed in car ramming incident in West Bank
An alleged car-ramming attack on Israeli police has taken place in the occupied West Bank, with the suspected Palestinian assailant shot dead by police.
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There has been an increase in violence in the occupied West Bank this year [Getty]
A car ramming in the occupied West Bank lightly wounded three Israeli police officers, and the Palestinian driver was shot dead, Israeli police said.
The incident occurred in the Beit Ummar area near the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron as border police were conducting an operation, police said. Officers then shot the Palestinian.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the man killed as Khaled Ahmad Ekhlail, 23, from Beit Ummar.
Since October last year, a popular upring in the West Bank has claimed the lives of 236 Palestinians, 36 Israelis, two Americans, a Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese, according to an AFP count.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out attacks, according to Israeli authorities. Others were shot dead during protests and clashes, while some were killed in air strikes in the Gaza Strip.
Human rights groups have accused Israeli security forces of using excessive force in certain cases.
Internal reviews by the army of two fatal shootings of attackers earlier this month found that the use of deadly force could have been avoided, public radio reported last week.
Many analysts say Palestinian frustration with the decades' long Israeli occupation and settlement-building in the West Bank, comatose peace efforts and their own fractured leadership have helped feed the unrest.
The incident occurred in the Beit Ummar area near the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron as border police were conducting an operation, police said. Officers then shot the Palestinian.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the man killed as Khaled Ahmad Ekhlail, 23, from Beit Ummar.
Since October last year, a popular upring in the West Bank has claimed the lives of 236 Palestinians, 36 Israelis, two Americans, a Jordanian, an Eritrean and a Sudanese, according to an AFP count.
Most of the Palestinians killed were carrying out attacks, according to Israeli authorities. Others were shot dead during protests and clashes, while some were killed in air strikes in the Gaza Strip.
Human rights groups have accused Israeli security forces of using excessive force in certain cases.
Internal reviews by the army of two fatal shootings of attackers earlier this month found that the use of deadly force could have been avoided, public radio reported last week.
Many analysts say Palestinian frustration with the decades' long Israeli occupation and settlement-building in the West Bank, comatose peace efforts and their own fractured leadership have helped feed the unrest.
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