WEST BANK (Dispatches) – A Palestinian who allegedly stabbed a Zionist trooper was shot dead by the wounded man and other troops in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday, the military said.
In a statement, the military said the incident occurred near the biblical Cave of the Patriarchs, revered by Muslims as the Ibrahimi mosque, in the city of al-Khalil.
The soldier was slightly wounded in the attack and opened fire, along with other soldiers, at the assailant, killing him, according to the military.
Separately, Zionist troops clashed with a group of Palestinians protesting in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least four of them.
Dozens of Palestinian youths took part in a protest in the east of the Gaza Strip on Sunday night as part of an extended series of protests to call for the right of return of those Palestinians displaced by Israeli wars and other acts of aggression, the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) reported on Monday.
Zionist troops fired live ammunition and teargas canisters at the Palestinian youth from across the fence, which divides Gaza from territory occupied by the Zionist regime, wounding at least four of them.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been gathering at the fence since March 30 in a series of protests dubbed "The Great March of Return.” Zionist troops have been heavily deployed there since before that date.
Clashes at the fence peaked on May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of the Catastrophe, marking the date when the regime proclaimed existence.
An estimated 200 Palestinians have so far been killed and over 20,000 others wounded in the protests. The Gaza Strip has been almost entirely blockaded since 2007.
In another development, Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan continues a hunger strike that has seriously affected his health in protest at his detention.
Adnan, who has been detained and gone on hunger strike several times before, entered the 51st day of his latest such strike on Monday, the Palestinian news portal reported.
The father of six says his repeated detentions have been arbitrary, and has complained of lack of access to his lawyers as well as family visits.
He has previously been released under deals with the Israelis but has been arrested again and again.
According to the the Palestinian Prisoners Society, Adnan currently suffers from massive weight loss and relevant side-effects as a result of his hunger strike.