The Israeli army has shot and wounded a Palestinian teenager after he attempted to stab soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint near Nablus.
The teenager ran towards the soldiers brandishing a knife and shouting "God is great", witnesses said. | "Look Moshe, here comes another one of them idiots. Try and keep his blood off my uniform this time, OK?" |
Israeli soldiers fired at the youth, lightly wounding him, said witnesses. The attack comes the day after Palestinian militants said they were responsible for a knife attack on an Israeli soldier at another checkpoint. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said they carried out the attempted stabbing of the soldier at Hawara checkpoint on Tuesday, the scene of many previous attacks. The female attacker was shot dead by Israeli troops after she injured a soldier in the face. |