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The scene of the West Bank stabbing attack, Dec. 4, 2015. Credit: Magen David Adom spokesperson. Published by Haaretz

Abed al-Rahman al-Barghouthi, 27, a Palestinian with US citizenship, was shot dead by Israeli forces near the village of Abud. Published by Maan

Anas Bassam Hammad, killed near the illegal Ofra settlement after ramming his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers. Published by Maan
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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Two Palestinians were shot dead near Ramallah on Friday after alleged attacks targeting Israeli military forces in the occupied West Bank, Israel's army and Palestinian officials said.

A Palestinian was shot and killed near the illegal Ofra settlement north of Ramallah after ramming his car into a group of Israeli soldiers.

Israel's military said two soldiers were wounded in the incident.

An hour earlier, a Palestinian man was shot and killed after stabbing an Israeli soldier near the Ramallah-area village of Abud, Palestinian officials said.
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The scene of the West Bank stabbing attack, Dec. 4, 2015. Credit: Magen David Adom spokesperson
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The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health confirmed that a Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli military forces near the village, which is located adjacent to the illegal Israeli settlement of Halamish.

The man was identified as Abed al-Rahman al-Barghouthi, 27. He died from gunshot wounds to the neck and arm, the ministry added.
Israel's military said an "Israeli was stabbed and wounded northwest of Ramallah" and the assailant was shot at the scene.

The Magen David Adom ambulance service said the Israeli was in a moderate to serious condition.

The latest incident comes as two Palestinian teenagers were shot dead overnight in Hebron after allegedly stabbing an Israeli soldier in Tel Rumeida.

"Overnight two assailants stabbed an IDF soldier in Hebron. In response to the threat, forces fired at the attackers, resulting in their death. A soldier was moderately wounded," an Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an.

Palestinian sources identified the victims to Ma'an as cousins Taher Faysal Fannoun, 19, a student at Hebron University, and Faysal Abd al-Minem Fannoun, 15.

At least 111 Palestinians have been killed since Oct. 1.
Nineteen Israelis have been killed in attacks during the same time period.
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by Gili Cohen for Haaretz

Three Israeli Soldiers Lightly Wounded in Two West Bank Attacks

Assailants have been shot and killed in both incidents; the first attack occurred in village of Kfar Abboud, near Halamish settlement; the second took place north of the Ofra settlement.


Two Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded in an apparent car-ramming attack north of the Ofra settlement in the West Bank on Friday afternoon. The driver was shot and killed. The soldiers were treated at the scene and then evacuated to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem.

An hour earlier, 20-year-old Israeli soldier was stabbed during clashes between security forces and Palestinians in the West Bank village of Kfar Abboud, near the settlement of Halamish.
He was rushed to Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer with moderate to serious wounds. The assailant was shot and killed at the scene. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified him as 27-year-old Abd a-Rahman al-Barghouti. He was hit by two bullets.
The attack comes a day after four were wounded in three separate attacks in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

An Israeli soldier was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack near Hebron late Thursday night. Two Palestinian assailants were shot dead.

Earlier Thrusday, a policeman was moderately wounded in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City. The assailant, a 21-year-old Palestinian male, was shot and killed.

Hours before that, a 47-year-old man was seriously wounded and a 20-year-old Israeli soldier was lightly wounded in a shooting attack at the West Bank checkpoint of Hizma.

The Palestinian assailant, shot and killed at the scene, was reportedly an intelligence officer in the Palestinian Authority.

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