Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian youth in Hebron following an alleged attack on an Israeli settler and soldier in the city’s historic centre. An Israeli military spokesperson told Al Jazeera that the youth, identified as Yusri Meswadeh, stabbed two Israelis on Wednesday before being killed by a nearby Israeli soldier.
The soldier who was attacked suffered “light injuries”, the spokesperson said. After the suspected attack, Israeli soldiers descended on the town and clashes ensued. Later on Wednesday, in a separate incident, Israeli officials said that they were searching for someone suspected of shooting at two Israelis in a city in the north of the West Bank.
A police spokesman said: “Two Israelis were wounded in a shooting south of Tulkarem… The man was injured seriously, and the woman was lightly injured. Both were taken to hospital.”
Tensions have boiled over into unrest in recent months, as Palestinians continue to protest Israel’s ongoing occupation and an uptick in Israeli incursions into occupied East Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site for Muslims. Since October 1, at least 118 Palestinians and 22 Israelis have been killed in the violence
