Israeli occupation soldier stabbed to death
Palestinian stabbed soldier near an Israeli colony near Hebron in the West Bank
West Bank: An Israeli occupation soldier was found stabbed to death in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was killed by a Palestinian attacker.
In a statement, the Israeli military said the body with stab wounds was discovered near an Israeli colony north of the city of Hebron. The soldier was also a student in a Jewish seminary, it added.
The military did not immediately accuse anyone in the killing but Netanyahu issued a statement calling it a Palestinian attack.
“The security forces are in pursuit, in order to capture the despicable terrorist and hold him to account,” Netanyahu said.
Hebron and surrounding Israeli colonies have often been a flashpoint of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.