{"id":15287,"date":"2018-09-16T16:22:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-16T16:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=15287"},"modified":"2018-09-16T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T16:22:30","slug":"israeli-settler-dies-after-stabbing-in-occupied-west-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=15287","title":{"rendered":"Israeli settler dies after stabbing in occupied West Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An Israeli settler has died after an alleged stabbing attack by a Palestinian who was then shot and wounded in the occupied West Bank, according to reports.<\/p>\n

The incident on Sunday took place near a shopping centre in the illegal settlement of Gush Etzion, near Bethlehem.<\/p>\n

The settler was identified as Ari Fuld, a US-born Jewish man\u00a0who was reportedly an outspoken anti-Palestinian activist on social media and had, at times, his Facebook account suspended. His death was was confirmed in a statement from Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek medical centre.<\/p>\n

Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency, described the alleged attacker as a “young man” from the village of Yatta, near Hebron.<\/p>\n

It said he was lightly wounded after being shot by Israeli forces. Other reports said the Palestinian was first shot by Fuld, who then collapsed, and later by other settlers.<\/p>\n

Maan news agency cited local sources as naming the Palestinian as 17-year-old Khalil Yousef Ali Jabarin. He\u00a0was detained by Israeli forces and taken to an unknown location, the sources added.<\/p>\n

Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesman for the Hamas group that rules the besieged Gaza Strip, called the incident a “natural response to Israeli crimes against Palestinians” in occupied territory. It did not claim responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n

Israeli settlements are illegal under international law and seen as major stumbling block to peace efforts as they are built on Palestinian land occupied by Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Twitter, David Friedman, the US ambassador to Israel and a strong supporter of the settlements, called Fuld “a passionate defender of Israel & an American patriot”.<\/span><\/p>\n

A wave of Palestinian knife attacks against Israelis broke out in 2015, but they have since become sporadic.<\/p>\n

On September 3, a Palestinian wielding a knife approached an Israeli military checkpoint near the hardline Kiryat Arba settlement in the Hebron area and was shot dead<\/a> by soldiers, according to the army.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n SOURCE: Al Jazeera and news agencies<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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