A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli troops in occupation East Jerusalem‘s Old City after he allegedly tried to carry out a stabbing attack.
Witnesses told the Moon news agency that Israeli security guards shot the man, who was later pronounced dead at the scene near the entrance of Bab Hutta, just outside the Al Aqsa mosque compound.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a brief statement that its teams were prevented from entering Bab Hutta’s area to treat the man before undergoing his wounds.
Local media reports identified the Palestinian as a 30-year-old man from the Shuafat refugee camp in East Jerusalem.
The man was ‘neutralized’, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld wrote on Twitter. “Officer was taken to hospital in moderate condition,” he added.
The incident came hours after Israeli security forces shot and wounded a deaf Palestinian who could not heed orders to stop during an occupied West Bank check.
In late May, Israeli police shot dead an unarmed 32-year-old Palestinian with severe autism who was on his way to his school for special needs in Jerusalem’s Old town.
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The man was chased by Israeli border police forces into a corner in the Old City and shot as he donated to a trash can after apparently being mistaken for an attacker.
Palestinians and human rights groups have long accused Israeli security forces of using excessive force.
The Old City and other parts of East Jerusalem, which is seeking Palestinian leaders for a future independent state, has seen a surge in tensions since US President Donald Trump released his so-called Middle East Plan earlier this year.
Palestinian anger has also escalated in recent days after Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed to normalize relations, a move that many Palestinians saw as a betrayal of their cause by the Gulf state.
Israel and the UAE on Thursday agreed to establish diplomatic relations in a deal with the United States, according to which Israel had agreed to stop annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later said he had only agreed to “delay” the annexation, and that he “would never give up our rights to our country.”
Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser and Trump’s sister-in-law, told reporters Monday that the US will not agree “one time” to Israeli annexations in the West Bank.
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