Palestinian killed after alleged stab attempt in West Bank – Israeli military

Israeli soldiers and border police deployed at the site where Israeli settlers burned Palestinian cars and wheat fields in the village of al-Mughayyir near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, May 26, 2023 (Majdi Mohammed/AP/PA)

A Palestinian man was shot and killed on Friday in the occupied West Bank after sneaking into a Jewish settlement and trying to stab a resident there, the Israeli army said.

In a statement, the military said the man attempted to stab a resident in the Tene Omarim settlement and was shot by an armed civilian. It said the incident had set off an alarm and soldiers were scanning the area.