Israeli officer kills Palestinian man who stabbed him
ABC News
Israeli police say an officer shot and killed a Palestinian man who stabbed him during a security check
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli police officer shot and killed a Palestinian man who stabbed him early on Tuesday, police said, the latest in a series of deadly incidents during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The police said the man drew a knife and stabbed the officer during a security check near a construction site in the southern city of Ashkelon. The officer, lightly wounded, shot the man and killed him. The Magen David Adom rescue service took the officer to a nearby hospital.
Police did not identify the Palestinian man, but said he was was from Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The shooting raised to five the number of Palestinians killed in recent days, among them an unarmed woman who was shot and killed at a military checkpoint in Bethlehem.
The incidents are part of a spate of violence around Israel during Ramadan, when tensions between Israelis and Palestinians tend to run high. Ramadan this year converges with major Jewish and Christian holidays. Protests and clashes in Jerusalem during Ramadan last year boiled over into an 11-day war between Israel and Gaza militants.
