Two injured in west Bank firebomb attack

(JTA) — Two people sustained minor injuries when a firebomb hit their car near the West Bank settlement of Efrata.

The car was completely burnt in the attack Thursday night, Army Radio reported. The two victims had burns and were taken by Magen David Adom emergency crew to Hadassa Ein Karem hosipital in Jerusalem.

The attack was the third serious incident that occurred in the West Bank over the past 24 hours.

On Thursday night, in two separate incidents, Israeli troops shot and killed two Palestinians whom they suspected of carrying out an attack.

The first incident occurred at the Abu-Dis checkpoint near Jerusalem. The troops shot a Palestinian man in the abdomen after he tried to stab a Border Police officer, the report said. Medics evacuated the Palestinian man to hospital but he died of his injuries. None of the Israelis was hurt.

In Samaria, troops killed a Palestinian after he fired a flare gun at Israelis standing at a bus stop near the settlement Tapuach, according to witness accounts.

“There were four people inside the bus stop,” Asher Hoffman told Army Radio. “We heard explosions and saw a terrorist running in our direction. The Border Police intercepted him, fired at his direction and hit.”