A Palestinian wearing what is believed to have been a suicide belt has been shot after stabbing an Israeli soldier in the shoulder during clashes in the West Bank.
The man attacked troops near a military checkpoint in Ramallah amid riots overDonald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as being the capital of Israel.
Dramatic video shows the moment he was shot three times as he retreated on a roundabout before collapsing to the ground.
Soldiers can be seen advancing towards him as he lies on the ground – before backing off when they see the device strapped around his waist. It remains unclear as to whether it was operational. Witnesses said he was carrying a small knife.
Meanwhile, officials claimed that two Palestinians had been shot dead by Israeli forces along the border with Gaza today during violent protests.One of them was named as 32-year-old Yasser Sokar.
Dramatic pictures capture the moment Israeli troops opened fire on a Palestinian after he knifed one of the soldiers in the shoulder
The man attacked troops near a military checkpoint in Ramallah amid riots over Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as being the capital of Israel. Pictures show him retreating as Israeli soldiers opened fire
Video shows the moment he was shot three times by Israeli troops as he retreated on a roundabout before collapsing to the ground
A Palestinian man clutches his stomach after he was shot by Israeli soldiers after he stabbed one of them at a check point this morning on the outskirts of Ramallah
Pictures of the man receiving treatment showed him wearing what appeared to be a suicide vest. However, Israeli police have not commented on whether it was operational
In Ramallah, police said the assailant stabbed an officer who was ‘lightly injured in the shoulder,’ but they did not respond to questions over a possible suicide vest. No independent confirmation could be obtained.
The assailant, identified by a medical source as being from Hebron in the southern West Bank, was taken to hospital by Palestinian medics.
It came as Israeli troops shot and wounded more than 40 Palestinians in Gaza and the occupied West Bank on Friday, medical officials said, as protests over U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital entered a second week.
Medical officials said three Palestinians were shot and wounded in the West Bank. A further 38 were wounded on the border of the Gaza Strip, whose dominant Hamas Islamists have called for a revolt against Israel in protest against Trump’s December 6 decision.
The Palestinian man starts to fall after being shot by soldiers moments after he went on a stabbing attack at the check point
Police said the assailant stabbed an officer who was ‘lightly injured in the shoulder,’ but they did not respond to questions over a possible suicide vest. No independent confirmation could be obtained. A Palestinian medic
Palestinian medics carry the attacker who was wearing what was reported as an explosive belt. He is said to be in a critical condition in hospital
The assailant, identified by a medical source as being from Hebron in the southern West Bank, was taken to hospital by Palestinian medics. He was in critical condition, the source said
The Israeli military said that about 2,500 Palestinian took part in riots in the West Bank, rolling flaming tyres and throwing firebombs and rocks at soldiers and border police. Troops took action to break up the riots, it said in a statement.
Similar scenes occurred along the border with Gaza Strip, where about 3,500 Palestinians demonstrated.
‘During the violent riots IDF soldiers fired selectively towards main instigators,’ the military said.
Gaza has also seen almost nightly rocket launches into Israel by Palestinian militants, which have not caused casualties. An Israeli counter-strike on Gaza killed two Hamas gunmen.
A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl stones towards Israeli troops during clashes at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel
Israeli soldiers were involved in clashes in Ramallah on the West Bank today. It is the tenth day of clashes in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza following Donald Trump’s speech
Palestinians burnt tyres as they staged demonstrations in in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza this afternoon
Tear gas canisters are fired by Israeli troops towards Palestinian demonstrators during clashes at a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump
Palestinian men clash with IDF in Ramallah, West Bank. Today is the tenth day of clashes in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza following Donald Trump’s annoucement
Trump’s announcement, reversing decades of U.S. policy which treated Jerusalem’s status as a matter for Israeli-Palestinian negotiation, stirred anger across the Arab and Muslim world and concern among Washington’s European allies.
Jerusalem is holy to Jews, Muslims and Christians.
Israel captured East Jerusalem from Arab forces in the 1967 Middle East War and later annexed it in a move not recognised internationaly. Palestinians hope that part of the city will be the capital of a future independent state and Palestinian leaders say Trump’s move is a serious blow to an already moribund peace process.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is scheduled to visit Israel, as well as Egypt, next week
Flash point: An Israeli army vehicle drives down the street after a molotov cocktail was thrown during clashes at the main entrance of the West bank city of Hebron
Israeli borderguards take aim as Palestinian protestors gather near the West Bank checkpoint of Qalandia, on the outskirts of Ramallah
Israeli security forces detain a man in Jerusalem’s Old City. Thousands of Palestinians protested again in Jerusalem against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise the city as the capital of Israel
An Israeli soldier shouts as he aims his gun towards protesters during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Hebron today
The Israeli military said that about 2,500 Palestinian took part in riots in the West Bank, rolling flaming tyres and throwing firebombs and rocks at soldiers and border police