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ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-CONFLICT
Palestinian attacks Israeli soldier in Hebron, is shot dead: army
JERUSALEM, Oct 22, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A Palestinian man attacked an Israeli
soldier near a holy site in the southern West Bank city of Hebron before
being shot dead, the army said on Monday.
“An assailant attempted to stab a soldier adjacent to the Cave of the
Patriarchs, lightly injuring him. The soldier and other forces at the scene,
responded with live fire,” the army said in a statement, confirming the
assailant was Palestinian and dead.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1418 hrs