RAMALLAH, April 30 (Xinhua) — A 27-year-old Palestinian was killed and three were injured late Friday night by Israeli soldiers in clashes near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.
Yahia Odwan was killed during clashes that broke out in the village of Azoon, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, the ministry said in a short press statement.
Israeli authorities have not given any immediate comment on the incidents.
But Israeli media said that Odwan is a former prisoner recently released from an Israeli jail and tried to carry out a ramming attack against Israeli soldiers in the area, who then chased his car and opened fire on it.
The killing of Odwan coincided with a shooting attack carried out by Palestinian gunmen near the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the West Bank, Israeli media reported.
An Israeli security guard was killed, and Israeli soldiers and security services have launched a massive hunt for the suspects. ■
