Palestinian Officer Fires at Israeli Troops and Is Shot Dead, Army Says

Members of Israeli forces gather at the scene of an incident at the Hawara checkpoint near the Palestinian city of Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Nov. 4, 2020. Mohamad Torokman/Reuters

NABLUS, West Bank—A Palestinian motorist fired a pistol at Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday and was killed by them, a military spokesman said, and Palestinians identified the dead man as an officer in their security forces.

There were no Israeli casualties in the incident at a roadside military position near the Palestinian city of Nablus.