Israeli troops ‘neutralize’ Palestinian in West Bank

Israeli army troops shot and "neutralized" a young Palestinian man on Friday in the occupied West Bank after the latter allegedly tried to attack several Israelis.

"A Palestinian ran into an Israeli in the [Jewish-only] Gush Etzion [settlement bloc] in the southern West Bank," Israeli military spokesman Avichai Adarai said in a statement.

"The Palestinian later exited his car and tried to attack a group of Israeli soldiers stationed in the area with a knife," Adarai claimed, without providing the name of the alleged Palestinian attacker.

He went on to assert that the soldiers had opened fire on the Palestinian, effectively "neutralizing" him.