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JERUSALEM, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israeli troops shot and killed Tuesday night a Palestinian in the West Bank city of Hebron, after he allegedly attacked a soldier, a military spokesperson said, as a month-long spate of Israeli-Palestinian violence was showing no signs of slowing down.
The spokesperson said the Palestinian suspect approached soldiers at a checkpoint in Hebron's neighborhood of Tel Rumeida. When the soldiers asked for his ID, the man pulled out a knife at them, attempting to stab one of them, according to the spokesperson.
"The force responded to the immediate danger with fire towards the attacker, resulting in his death," the spokesperson added.
The casualty, whose name wasn't immediately identified, was the third fatality on Tuesday in the West Bank.
Earlier in the evening, Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinian men at a bus stop in the Gush Etzion Junction, near the main Jewish settlement bloc in the West Bank.
A month-long wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence has seen the death of 11 Israelis, all killed in attacks, and at least 60 Palestinians, who were killed in clashes or following stabbing attacks, officials and media said.
