Two Palestinians were killed in confrontations with and assaults on Israeli forces on Friday, the latest in three months of near-daily outbreaks of violence in the region.
In one attack, a Palestinian man sped in his car towards Israeli forces who were controlling a riot in the town of Silwad, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to a police spokeswoman.
The Israeli forces took cover behind concrete blocks and fatally shot the driver, she said. No Israelis were wounded.
The Palestinian ministry of health identified the man as 20-year-old Mohammed Abdel Rahman Ayad from Silwad.
Also on Friday, the Israeli military said troops killed a Palestinian man at the border in the Gaza Strip after he had attempted to breach the border fence withIsrael.
The Palestinian ministry of health identified that man as Mahmoud Mohammed Saeed Alagha, 20, from Khan Younis in Gaza.
The Israeli military said the man was part of a crowd of 100 people who took part in “a violent riot” and attempted to damage the fence.
Earlier in the day in the West Bank, a man in a car sped toward soldiers and police at the Qalandiya checkpoint north of Jerusalem, the police spokeswoman said. She added that he got out of his car and started to charge the Israeli troops.
The attacker, a man in his 30s and from the West Bank village Turmus Aya, was wounded in the leg and arrested, she said. No Israelis were hurt.
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