Israeli troops shoot Palestinian driver who rammed West Bank bus stop

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Israeli troops shoot Palestinian driver who rammed West Bank bus stop

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian motorist who drove his car into a bus stop near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Israeli army said.

 

The Palestinian health ministry did not immediately release details of the dead man but Palestinian social media posts said he was a resident of the Qalandia refugee camp near Ramallah.

 

No one was hurt as a result of the ramming, the army said.

 

"A Palestinian rammed a vehicle into a bus stop at the entrance to Kokhav Ya'akov, south-east of Ramallah... In response to the immediate threat, forces fired at the attacker, resulting in his death," a military statement said.

 

In a second incident in the West Bank, soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian who fired at them with machine gun in a drive-by shooting. He was wounded and taken to an Israeli hospital for treatment, the soldiers were unhurt, the army said.

 

A wave of Palestinian street attacks, including vehicle rammings, that began in October 2015 has largely slowed in recent months but two American tourists and 37 Israelis have been killed in the assaults, a fraction of the number of Palestinians who have been killed over the same period.

 

On Jan. 8, in the deadliest Palestinian attack in Jerusalem for months, a Palestinian rammed his truck into a group of Israeli soldiers on a popular promenade, killing four.

 

At least 235 Palestinians have been killed in violence in Israel, the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in the same period. Israel says that at least 158 of them were assailants while others died during clashes and protests. Israel blamed the violence on incitement by the Palestinian leadership.

 

Palestinians have accused Israeli police and soldiers of using excessive force against many of the attackers. In some cases, Israel has opened investigations into whether that was the case.

 

The Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited self-rule in the West Bank, denies that allegation, and says assailants have acted out of frustration over Israeli occupation of land sought by Palestinians in peace talks that have stalled since 2014.

 

(Additional reporting by Ali Sawafta in Ramallah; Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by Louise Ireland and Lisa Shumaker)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2017-01-26

[ezzra]

As many Palestinians that are willing to die in such a senseless and stupid manners, that how many bullets, and much more, the Israeli troops has, so let's see who's going last the longer.... I hope that someone will one day, finally will wake up to stop this madness....

[bandito]

Where are the Jew haters now?

I don't hear or see any comments of them.

[Elfin]

1 hour ago, bandito said:

Where are the Jew haters now?

I don't hear or see any comments of them.

Give me  a little time as it is Australia Day today and Chinese New Year's Eve tomorrow 

[RuamRudy]

1 hour ago, bandito said:

Where are the Jew haters now?

I don't hear or see any comments of them.

 

Jew haters? Occassionally we see a few unpleasant posts on TV from fleeting contributers and a very small number of more long term posters, but in the main, the regular substance of debate on Israeli matters on these threads is around leadership, not religion. Islam haters, on the other hand - TV is awash with them.

 

If people like you were less inclined to hurl the accusation of jew hater at anyone critical of Israeli policy then the problem of anti-semitism may be taken more seriously, but as it is, you weaken and devalue the scourge with your usage of the term as an attack at those with whom you disagree.

 

In this particular case, the facts are minimal in the OP. If the dead man was intent on causing harm to others then he got what he deserved; if, on the other hand, his foot slipped or his car malfunctioned, he is another unfortunate casualty of a senseless situation.

[gamini]

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

As many Palestinians that are willing to die in such a senseless and stupid manners, that how many bullets, and much more, the Israeli troops has, so let's see who's going last the longer.... I hope that someone will one day, finally will wake up to stop this madness....

 

The madness will stop when Israel gives back the Palestinian their land. All attacks on Israelis on Palestinian land are justified. Same as  the French resistance against the Germans, who occupied their country during the last war

[Stargeezr]

The madness in that area will stop, when there is no one  left to fight each other.

  It will be way past the end of our lifetimes, before this happens.

[halloween]

" Palestinians have accused Israeli police and soldiers of using excessive force against many of the attackers. "

 

Why should anybody limit the force they use against somebody trying to kill you? Palestinians always want to be the victim, even when they admit they are attacking.