Israeli military forces have shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the Old City of al-Quds over an alleged stabbing attack against the regime’s forces, as 2022 is on course to become the deadliest year of tensions in the occupied territories in nearly a decade.
Faraan: The Israeli police alleged in a statement that officers spotted the man, identified as 20-year-old Amer Bader from the East al-Quds neighborhood of Beit Hanina, near the Iron Gate entrance to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and began to question him.
The statement further claimed that the Palestinian man then pulled out a knife and stabbed one of the officers in his upper body during the examination. Media coverage: “Palestinian college student Amer Bader was killed by Israeli gunfire after he allegedly carried a stabbing operation resulting in the injury of three Israelis, including soldiers, in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem, today morning.” pic.twitter.com/nizvmRezi4. Another two Israeli officers opened fire at the man, and he was declared dead at the scene shortly thereafter.
In addition to the stabbed policeman, one officer was hurt when he was shot by so-called friendly fire as his colleagues opened fire toward the Palestinian youth. The two officers, aged 30 and 25, were taken to Shaare Zedek hospital in good to moderate conditions. A third officer was slightly hurt in the incident, even though it was not immediately how s/he had sustained injuries. The development came a few hours after Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man during a military raid in the central part of the occupied West Bank.
