A Palestinian motorist rammed his automotive into a bunch of troopers within the occupied West Financial institution, the Israeli army says, wounding three earlier than one other opened hearth on the driver, who the Palestinian well being ministry says was killed.
A Palestinian official mentioned the 23-year-old was a member of the Palestinian safety forces.
In Jerusalem, a person detained by Israeli police close to a flashpoint holy web site grabbed an officer’s gun and fired it, prompting the unit to shoot him useless, the pressure mentioned – an account doubted by Arab leaders and probed by authorities.
The Jerusalem incident in a single day on the fringe of the Al Aqsa Mosque advanced, an icon of Palestinian nationalism, got here at a excessive level of Muslim attendance for the holy month of Ramadan amid heightened fears of an escalation in violence.
Israeli-Palestinian tensions are simmering after months of violence in areas of Jerusalem and the West Financial institution.
Friction at Al Aqsa has set off violence in recent times.
Nonetheless, the sacred web site, recognized to Muslims because the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, remained comparatively quiet on Saturday.
The slain man was recognized as Mohammad Khaled al-Osaib, 26, a resident of the Bedouin city Hura in southern Israel.
Mansour Abbas, an MP whose United Arab Listing social gathering is standard there, mentioned the person was a medical scholar.
Abbas questioned the police account.
“All we demand is the reality,” he mentioned.
The Justice Ministry Division for investigating police conduct is trying into the incident, a consultant mentioned, including the process was not a proper investigation.
Requested if the Israeli unit’s response was as a result of allegations of misconduct, she mentioned: “There are such claims and that is why we’re trying into it.”
Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm the police account.
Police mentioned the incident passed off at a spot not coated by safety cameras.
Footage of comparable incidents previously has normally surfaced inside a short while.
Police launched CCTV footage displaying an individual they mentioned was al-Osaib strolling throughout the advanced alone earlier than the incident.
A police consultant mentioned the incident occurred in “seconds” and denied reviews al-Osaib had intervened in an altercation with a feminine worshipper.
Israel’s far-right Nationwide Safety Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir mentioned he backed the officers.
