Israeli soldiers remove the dead body of a Palestinian at the scene of a stabbing attack in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank October 22, 2018. (Reuters)
A Palestinian man attacked an Israeli soldier near a holy site in the southern West Bank city of Hebron before being shot dead, the Israeli occupation army said on Monday.
"An assailant attempted to stab a soldier adjacent to the Cave of the Patriarchs, lightly injuring him. The soldier and other forces at the scene, responded with live fire," the occupation army said in a statement, confirming the attacker was Palestinian and dead.
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