Israeli security forces stand in the street during clashes with Palestinian demonstrators in the West Bank city of Hebron, on October 30, 2015. (AFP/Thomas Coex, File)
IDF soldiers on Sunday shot dead a Palestinian who lunged at them with a knife near Hebron, the army said in a statement.
The soldiers were not injured in the attempted attack, which took place near the West Bank Palestinian village of Beit Anun, north of the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba.
The army said the incident occurred during a “violent riot” in the area.
According to police, the attacker was a 29-year-old resident of Beit Anun.
Palestinians carry a man wounded in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, October 31, 2015. (Flash90)
The thwarted attack came a day after a Palestinian armed with a knife tried to stab Israeli guards at the Gilboa/Jalama crossing near the West Bank city of Jenin on Saturday morning, and was shot dead. The checkpoint is manned by private security guards alongside IDF troops. The Jenin attacker was later named as Mahmoud Talel Nazal, aged 17, from the village of Kabatiyeh in the northern West Bank, Channel 10 television reported.
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On Friday, two Israelis were wounded in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem, the first in the capital for almost two weeks. The attacker was shot dead by security forces.
A would-be attacker was also killed and another injured when they were shot as they tried to stab Border Police officers at the checkpoint at Tapuah Junction in the West Bank.
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