Two Palestinians shot dead by Israelis in occupied West Bank

An Israeli police officers secures the area outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, May 8, 2022. A Palestinian man allegedly stabbed an Israeli police officer outside Jerusalem’s Old City. Police said the knife-wielding man stabbed the policeman, and other officers at the scene near the Damascus Gate shot the assailant. Paramedics said the officer was hospitalized in moderate condition. The attacker’s condition was not immediately clear. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Two Palestinians have been killed in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, hours after police apprehended two Palestinian men suspected of killing three Israelis last week.

It was the latest episode of violence during weeks of Palestinian attacks in Israel, and Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank that have left at least 18 Israelis and some 30 Palestinians dead.