Palestinian shot dead after stabbing 2 Israeli soldiers

A Palestinian male was shot dead after stabbing two Israeli soldiers on route 60 Wednesday morning.

An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an the two Israeli soldiers were stabbed at the Sinjil junction near the Shilo settlement south of Nablus.

One soldier, 20, was critically injured after being stabbed in the neck; the other received minor injuries and then opened fire at the Palestinian male, who sustained critical injuries before being pronounced dead.

Israeli army forces and ambulances arrived to the area giving first aid to the soldiers; the soldiers were taken in a helicopter to Israeli hospitals for treatment.

The attack comes less than one week after an Israeli soldier was stabbed by near the Oranit checkpoint in southern Qalqiliya last Thursday. The soldier was lightly injured and the Palestinian male reportedly detained. more