Four Palestinian men killed in West Bank violence - BBC

Four Palestinian men person been killed by Israeli forces successful 3 abstracted incidents successful the occupied West Bank, Palestinian and Israeli officials say.

Two were brothers who were changeable dormant arsenic clashes broke retired with Israeli troops during an cognition adjacent Ramallah.

The 3rd was killed successful confrontations with troops aft 2 Israeli service jeeps connected patrol broke down adjacent Hebron.

Israel's subject said the 4th antheral was changeable adjacent Ramallah aft helium rammed his car into a soldier, injuring her.

The UN has warned that the Israeli-Palestinian struggle is "again reaching a boiling point" aft an escalation unit successful the West Bank and Israel.

Israeli forces are carrying retired search-and-arrest raids astir each nighttime successful the West Bank, wherever astatine slightest 140 Palestinians person been killed this year, astir by Israeli fire. More than 30 Israelis person besides been killed amid a spate of weapon and weapon attacks by Palestinians.

Jawad Rimawi, 22, and Thafer Rimawi, 21, who were students astatine Birzeit University, were killed aboriginal connected Tuesday astir 16km (10 miles) north-west of Ramallah.

Palestinian sources said the brothers had visited a comparative successful the colony of Beit Rima arsenic Israeli forces carried retired an cognition successful the area.

As the forces withdrew, confrontations broke retired with dozens of young Palestinians, who threw stones and petrol bombs, the sources added.

The Palestinian wellness ministry said the brothers were changeable and taken to a section hospital, wherever they died.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that a "riot was instigated by a fig of suspects" during a "routine" overnight activity.

"The suspects hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails toward the soldiers, who responded with riot dispersal means and unrecorded fire," it added.

Mufeed Ikhlil, 44, was changeable successful the caput by Israeli troops during overnight clashes with stone-throwing Palestinians successful Beit Ummar, astir 10km northbound of Hebron, the Palestinian wellness ministry said. He died successful hospital.

Nine different Palestinians were shot, according to the ministry.

The IDF said 2 service jeeps got stuck successful Beit Ummar owed to "technical malfunctions" during a patrol.

The troops successful the vehicles were attacked by Palestinian "rioters" who "hurled rocks and improvised explosive devices astatine the soldiers", it added.

West Bank-based Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh called the 3 killings an "ugly crime", portion the spokesperson of President Mahmoud Abbas warned that "the regular sidesplitting of Palestinians is simply a declaration of war".

A spokesperson for the militant radical Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, said Israel's "escalation of its crimes and coercion volition beryllium met with an escalation of resistance".

Later connected Tuesday, the IDF said a antheral rammed 1 of its soldiers with a conveyance adjacent Kokhav Yaakov, a Jewish colony astir 2km south-east of Ramallah.

"Israel constabulary forces successful the country pursued the assailant and neutralised him," it added.

Israel's ambulance work that the worker was 20 years aged and that she was successful a superior information astatine Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

The infirmary confirmed that the operator was killed. Israeli media identified him arsenic Rani Abu Ali, a 45-year-old antheral from Beitunia.

CCTV footage seemingly from the incidental amusement an SUV turning astir successful car parkland and past accelerating straight towards a worker walking connected a pavement.

Tuesday's incidents travel 5 days aft co-ordinated weaponry attacks astatine autobus stops connected the outskirts of Jerusalem killed a 15-year-old Israeli-Canadian lad and a 50-year-old Israeli man. Thirteen different radical were wounded.

So far, nary radical has claimed it was down the duplicate bombings, which were praised by Palestinian militants.