UPDATE WITH MORE DETAILS
By Abdel Raouf Arnaout and Betul Yilmaz
JERUSALEM / ISTANBUL (AA) - Two Israeli soldiers were injured on Tuesday in a stabbing attack near an Israeli settlement in Ramallah, central West Bank, according to the army.
A military statement said that the army forces shot dead the individual who stabbed the Israeli soldiers during a search in the Ateret settlement, north of Ramallah.
Two soldiers were slightly injured, the public broadcaster KAN reported.
No further details were provided regarding the identity of the attacker.
Monday evening, a female Israeli soldier was injured in a car-ramming attack near the Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron, southern West Bank, according to the army.
The assailant was killed this morning in Hebron, the army said.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday that 17-year-old Muhannad Tariq Muhammad Al-Zaghir was killed by Israeli gunfire in Hebron at dawn, and his body was held by the army.
The Israeli forces raided and closed the entrances of Hebron city last night, following the attack.
The latest attacks came amid an unprecedented surge in Israeli army and illegal settler attacks against Palestinians, their property and their livelihoods throughout the West Bank.
More than 1,085 Palestinians have since been killed and 10,700 others injured in attacks by the army and illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied territory. Over 20,500 people have also been arrested.
In a landmark opinion in July last year, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.