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RAMALLAH, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian was shot dead on Friday night after he stabbed an Israeli soldier and wounded him at an Israeli army roadblock between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem, medics said.
The Palestinian health ministry in the West Bank said in a short message that the Israeli side informed the Palestinian liaison that it keeps the body of a Palestinian young man killed at Qalandya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, an Israeli police spokeswoman said in an emailed press statement that Israeli soldiers at Qalandya checkpoint opened fire and killed a Palestinian man who stabbed one of the soldiers at the checkpoint.
The Israeli media reported that the Israeli soldier was seriously injured after he was stabbed in the upper part of his body and was evacuated to an Israeli hospital.
Earlier on Friday, Israeli Public Radio reported that an Israeli army force foiled a stabbing attack, where a Palestinian young man tried to stab a high-ranking Israeli army officer near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.
The radio said the Palestinian young man walked close to the vehicle of the senior Israeli army officer and was holding a knife and tried to stab him, but another force arrested the 16-year-old Palestinian.
One year ago, a wave of violent tension broke out between Israel and the Palestinians, mainly in the West Bank and east Jerusalem. Official figures said that 231 Palestinians and 40 Israelis were killed in this wave.
In Gaza, the Hamas-run ministry of health said that at least five Palestinians were shot and wounded on Friday afternoon during clashes with dozens of stones throwers and Israeli soldiers stationed at the borders with the Gaza Strip.
