Israeli forces and Palestinians gather where a Palestinian attempted to stab an Israeli soldier before being shot dead in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on October 28, 2015. (AFP)
Hebron, Palestinian Territories:
A Palestinian stabbed and lightly injured an Israeli border guard in the West Bank today, and was shot dead by another guard, police and the army said.
"A Palestinian attacked and stabbed a soldier in Hebron. Security forces responded and shot the attacker. The soldier sustained light injuries and is receiving emergency medical care," the army said in a statement.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed that the attacker had died.
The attack took place near a shrine known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs and to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque in the volatile city of Hebron, where several knife attacks occurred in recent days.
A wave of such knife attacks and shootings has left nine Israelis dead since early October.
The death of the attacker takes the number of Palestinians killed in the unrest to 61. Many of those killed have been gunned down in anti-Israeli protests.
Shortly after the attack clashes broke out between young Palestinians and Israeli security forces, said an AFP journalist at the scene.
"A Palestinian attacked and stabbed a soldier in Hebron. Security forces responded and shot the attacker. The soldier sustained light injuries and is receiving emergency medical care," the army said in a statement.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld confirmed that the attacker had died.
The attack took place near a shrine known to Jews as the Cave of the Patriarchs and to Muslims as the Ibrahimi Mosque in the volatile city of Hebron, where several knife attacks occurred in recent days.
A wave of such knife attacks and shootings has left nine Israelis dead since early October.
The death of the attacker takes the number of Palestinians killed in the unrest to 61. Many of those killed have been gunned down in anti-Israeli protests.
Shortly after the attack clashes broke out between young Palestinians and Israeli security forces, said an AFP journalist at the scene.
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