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BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces Saturday morning shot dead a Palestinian in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in the Old City of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank after an alleged stabbing attack, the second Palestinian to be killed in the neighborhood in less than 24 hours, while the family accused Israeli soldiers of "executing" their son on his way to work in Hebron's city center.

Local sources identified the slain Palestinian as 25-year-old Hatim Abd al-Hafeeth Shaludi.

Shaludi was the fifth to be killed by Israeli forces since Thursday evening.
Shaludi's brother Ayman Shaludi told Ma'an that the family lives near al-Rahma Mosque, located just a few meters from Israeli checkpoints that surround the neighborhood of Tel Rumeida, saying that Shaludi was headed to work in the morning like every morning, but when he passed near a checkpoint "Israeli soldiers executed him in cold blood."

He said that his brother worked at a factory in Hebron and was shot walking the only way that residents of the neighborhood are allowed to enter Hebron's city center.

Shaludi's mother told Ma'an she heard gunshots from inside her home. She had left the house at the time, without realizing the gunshots marked the death of her son.

An Israeli army statement had said that Shaludi stabbed a soldier before he was shot dead by Israeli forces. Israeli media reported that the soldier was lightly injured.

A video released later by Israeli newspaper Times of Israel purported to show the moment Shaludi approached a soldier at a checkpoint,
presented him with a piece of paper, and lunge at soldiers with a knife. A soldier then chases the man, wrestles him to the ground as he is surrounded by four other soldiers with their weapons drawn.

At the end of the clip the soldiers are seen moving away from the man, who is motionless on the ground.

An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that the video was not released by the army, and she could not confirm the validity of the footage.
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by Gili Cohen and Yotam Berger Sep 18, 2016 6:49 AM
for Haaretz

An Israeli army officer was moderately wounded early Sunday morning in a suspected attack in the West Bank. The alleged assailant, identified as a Palestinian, was seriously hurt when he was shot after stabbing the reserves company commander in the settlement of Efrat.
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On Saturday, an Israeli soldier was lightly wounded in a stabbing attack in the settler enclave of Tel Rumeida in Hebron. The Palestinian assailant was fatally shot. A day ealier, another Palestinian assailant was shot and killed after very lightly wounding an Israeli soldier in a stabbing attack at Jilber Junction, outside Tel Rumeida.