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Police: Palestinian Gunman Opens Fire at Israeli Checkpoint and is Shot Dead

Muslim worshippers visit the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem for the Fajr prayer, which takes place before sunrise, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Muslim worshippers visit the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem for the Fajr prayer, which takes place before sunrise, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Police: Palestinian Gunman Opens Fire at Israeli Checkpoint and is Shot Dead

Muslim worshippers visit the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem for the Fajr prayer, which takes place before sunrise, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Muslim worshippers visit the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in the Old City of Jerusalem for the Fajr prayer, which takes place before sunrise, Friday, June 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

A Palestinian man opened fire at an Israeli checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, wounding a security guard before he was shot dead by forces at the scene, Israel's police said.

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade claimed the gunman as a member.

Official Palestinian news agency WAFA identified him as an 18-year-old from Kafr Aqab.

Police distributed a photo of an M-16 rifle they said was used by the gunman to carry out the shooting.

The past few days saw deadly clashes in the city of Jenin, a fatal Palestinian shooting attack near a settlement, attacks on Palestinian villages by settlers and a rare Israeli air strike in the West Bank against militants.

On Friday, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan encouraged more steps to restore calm between Israel and the Palestinians during a call with his Israeli counterpart, the White House said.

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Biden Says He Will Keep Pushing Gaza Ceasefire Efforts

President Joe Biden speaks as other G20 leaders listen during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eric Lee/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
President Joe Biden speaks as other G20 leaders listen during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eric Lee/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
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Biden Says He Will Keep Pushing Gaza Ceasefire Efforts

President Joe Biden speaks as other G20 leaders listen during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eric Lee/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
President Joe Biden speaks as other G20 leaders listen during the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. (Eric Lee/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

President Joe Biden told fellow global leaders at a Group of 20 summit Monday that his soon-to-end administration would keep pushing to bring an equitable end to Israel’s devastating war against Hamas in Gaza.

Seated between leaders of France and India at a long oval table at the summit site in Rio de Janeiro, Biden cited US efforts on hunger and poverty in his soon-to-end four years in office, saying he had put $160 billion into global development.

With fewer than three months left in his term, Biden also said his administration would keep pressing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on its conduct of the war and the need to end it.

“Israel has a right to defend itself after the worse massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. But how it defends itself ... matters a great deal.”

“We’re going to keep pushing to accelerate a ceasefire deal that ensures Israel’s security and brings hostages home and ends the suffering of the Palestinian people and children,” he said.

Biden also said Hamas was still refusing a deal, adding, “I am asking everyone to increase the pressure on Hamas.”