Qais Abu Samra
22 April 2020•Update: 22 April 2020
RAMALLAH
A Palestinian was shot by Israeli police after allegedly running his car into a border checkpoint and trying to stab a police officer in the West Bank's occupied city of East Jerusalem.
In a statement, the Israeli police said that a Palestinian had rammed his car into an officer in a border checkpoint and attempted to stab the officer.
The officer was slightly wounded before the Israeli police shot the Palestinian dead.
Palestine's Health Ministry said in a statement that "Mohamed Ali Halsa, 25, was martyred by Israeli police in the container checkpoint near Bethlehem."
The ministry gave no further details.
*Bassel Ibrahim contributed to this report from Ankara
