The Israeli army shot dead on Monday a Palestinian man who it said attacked an Israeli soldier near a holy site in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The man “attempted to stab a soldier adjacent to the Cave of the Patriarchs, lightly injuring him. The soldier and other forces at the scene, responded with live fire," the Israeli army said in a statement.
The military confirmed the man was Palestinian and had been shot dead, but gave no further details of his identity.
A series of deadly incidents have increased tensions in the West Bank this month.
On Oct. 15, a Palestinian was shot dead after stabbing a soldier in the northern occupied West Bank.
Earlier this month, a Palestinian shot dead two Israelis and wounded another in a West Bank industrial zone.
