Israeli forces shoot and kill Palestinian motorist after alleged car-ramming attack in West Bank

By SAM McNEIL and MAJDI MOHAMMED
Associated Press

SEBASTIA, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian in disputed circumstances in the northern West Bank — the latest in an ongoing surge of violence that shows no sign of slowing down. The Israeli army said in a statement that two Palestinian men tried early on Saturday to drive a car into soldiers at Sebastia near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers opened fire, killing one and wounding the other Palestinian. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the young man who was killed as Fawzi Makhalfeh, 18. Palestinian media quoted the victims’ family as saying the two did not target soldiers but that they were ambushed while driving and that their car was riddled with bullets.