JERUSALEM, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man amid a stabbing attempt in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported that the Palestinian man arrived with a car at a guard post outside Ofra, an Israeli settlement near the city of Ramallah. He hurled stones at the Israeli soldiers at the guard post, ran toward them carrying a knife, and attempted to stab them.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the casualty as Ahmad Kahla, 45, who was killed by a bullet to his neck.
The incident was the latest in a surge of violence between Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank, a territory captured by Israel in the 1967 war. Israel has kept controlling it ever since, despite the Palestinian struggle to establish there their future state.
The recent tensions have been triggered by daily military raids in the West Bank, which often lead to clashes and fatalities. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, at least 224 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in 2022.
Israel maintains that the raids aim at arresting suspects in a string of attacks against Israelis that began in March and killed 19 people.
