Israel: Palestinian assailant killed after attacking soldier
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Israeli military says troops have shot and killed a Palestinian assailant who attacked a soldier at a West Bank traffic junction.
The army says the Palestinian attempted to ram his car into the junction on Monday. He then jumped out of the vehicle with a knife and lightly wounded a soldier standing nearby. It says forces shot and killed the attacker.
The violence was the latest in a wave of fighting that erupted in September 2015. Since then, Palestinian attackers have killed 43 Israelis, two visiting Americans and a British tourist in stabbings, shootings and attacks using cars to ram into troops or civilians.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}During that time, Israeli forces have killed over 250 Palestinians, most of them said by Israel to be attackers while others were killed in clashes.