Israeli troops kill Palestinian after alleged West Bank car ramming attack

Palestinian medics said that Israeli soldiers took the body of the Palestinian from their ambulance to an Israeli army vehicle.
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26 November, 2018
The alleged attack took place near Gush Etzion junction in the occupied West Bank. [Getty]

Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian on Monday after he allegedly rammed his car into a group of soldiers in the occupied West Bank.

The Israeli military says the attacker injured three soldiers who were performing engineering work on a route in the southern occupied West Bank.

He was shot dead by another soldier at the scene.

A Red Crescent spokesman told AFP that Israeli soldiers took the body of the Palestinian from their ambulance to an Israeli army vehicle.

The Palestinian news agency Maan identified the man as Ramzi Abu Yabes from Duheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem.

Yabes was on his way to work in Hebron at the time of the incident, Maan reported.

The incident took place near the Karmei Tzur Israeli settlement south of Gush Etzion Junction.

A wave of attacks against Israelis by lone-wolf Palestinian assailants erupted in 2015 - including stabbings and the use of cars to ram people - but such acts have since become sporadic.

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