Palestinian killed as fatal shots are caught on video

The video, widely shared on social media, was a rare documentation of one of the increasingly common violent incidents involving Israeli security forces and Palestinians, including assailants.

Palestinian activist Issa Amro, center, stands with Israeli activists in the embattled West Bank city of Hebron, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. Israeli peace activists toured the occupied West Bank’s largest city Friday in a show of solidarity with Palestinians, amid chants of “shame, shame” from ultra-nationalist hecklers (Maya Alleruzzo/AP/PA)

Israel’s paramilitary border police said an officer killed a Palestinian assailant in the occupied West Bank on Friday after they wrestled over a weapon.

Dramatic amateur video captured the moments the officer fired the fatal shots, and the Palestinian dropped to the ground.