Israeli troops shoot Palestinian after he stabbed a soldier

JERUSALEM // The Israeli military said its troops shot a Palestinian man who stabbed an Israeli soldier after asking for a glass of water.

Authorities said Saturday’s attack happened at a West Bank border crossing. The name and the age of the Palestinian man was not immediately known.

The military said the Palestinian approached the Israeli troops and asked for a glass of water. The military said when a soldier turned to get the water, the Palestinian man attacked with a knife.

The shooting comes amid growing tensions between Israelis and Palestinians following an arson attack by suspected Jewish extremists that killed a Palestinian toddler and her father. A week later, a Palestinian rammed a car into a group of Israeli soldiers standing alongside a road, wounding two of them.

* Associated Press

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