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The scene of a stabbing attack at a West Bank gas station on Route 443, November 23, 2015. Credit: Gil Cohen-Magen
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian man was shot dead after stabbing and killing an Israeli soldier on Route 443 west of Ramallah on Monday, Israel's army said.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that a "Palestinian murdered an Israeli and wounded another in a stabbing attack" with the injured victim evacuated for treatment.

Israeli forces responded on site to the incident and shot dead the Palestinian attacker, the spokesperson added.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the suspect to Ma'an as Ahmad Jamal Taha, 16, from the Qutna village near Ramallah.

The attack took place at a gas station along Route 443 west of Ramallah, with the Magen David Adom ambulance service treating the wounded at the scene.

Israeli news site Ynet reported that the soldier who was stabbed and killed has been identified as Ziv Mizrahi, 20.

The attack came shortly after Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at the Huwwara checkpoint south of Nablus, Israel's army said.

An Israeli army spokesperson said that as the Palestinian approached the checkpoint, he "drew a knife and attempted to attack a soldier."

She said that the soldier "responded to the immediate danger" and opened fire on the Palestinian, "resulting in his death."

No Israelis were reported injured during the incident.

The latest incident brings the total death toll on Monday to three Palestinians and one Israeli after a 16-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead in Jerusalem earlier in the day after allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack near the Mahane Yehuda market.

Israeli media initially reported that two Israelis were wounded in the alleged attack, although a spokesperson for Hadassah hospital later confirmed that one of those injured was a 70-year-old Palestinian resident of Bethlehem, who had a light stabbing wound in his back.
The other was a 27-year-old Israeli security guard who was shot in the hand by friendly fire.

An Israeli security guard, who had been driving near the Mahane Yehuda market on Jaffa Street, got out of his car when he saw the two girls and quickly shot dead 16-year-old Hadeel Wajih Awwad and severely wounded her cousin, 14-year-old Norhan Awwad.

Video footage showed both girls running at the security officer, apparently waving scissors, before the security guard and another Israeli managed to knock the girls to the ground.

Once on the ground, the security guard ran forward and shot each of them several times.

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by Gili Cohen and Ido Efrati for Haaretz

An Israeli soldier was killed and another was wounded in a stabbing attack at a West Bank gas station on Highway 443 on Monday.

Another woman suffered light injuries during the attempt to stop the attacker, when an Israeli car was erroneously hit. The Palestinian attacker was shot and killed.

The soldier, Pvt. Ziv Mizrachi, 18, from Givat Ze'ev, was pronounced dead by paramedics on the scene after making intensive efforts to resuscitate him, Magen David Adom emergency ambulance service said. He had been stabbed in his upper body.

"He had no pulse and was not breathing," MDA paramedic Uri Gavriel said of the young man, which was found unconscious with stab wounds to his upper body. "We provided him medical treatment and tried at length to resuscitate him."

The second victim, also in her 20s, sustained light injuries and was transferred to Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem for treatment. She was said to be in stable condition after being stabbed in one of her limbs.

Another woman was lightly wounded during the attempt to stop the knife-wielding Palestinian.

A short while before the attack, the two soldiers who were driving together were involved in a minor accident. While they were waiting for roadside assistance, the Palestinian approached them and stabbed them. Soldiers deployed near the gas station shot and killed the assailant, from the village of Katana.  

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