Israeli forces have shot and killed two Palestinians suspected of carrying out two attacks that injured three Israelis in the occupied West Bank.
It was the latest burst of violence in the territory, where fighting has spiked in recent weeks.
The Israeli military said troops shot and killed a suspect who stabbed two soldiers on Tuesday as they were confronting him near Ateret, an Israeli settlement in the central West Bank. It said the incident was under review.
Israel's ambulance service said it was providing medical care at the scene to two males, approximately 20 years old. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified one of those killed as a 17-year-old resident of Hebron.
In a statement late Monday, Hamas celebrated the ramming attack near Hebron, saying that it came “in the context of the legitimate respo
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