Iran Press/ Middle East: Israel has occupied the West Bank since the Six Day War of 1967. There have been persistent car-rammings and other attacks by Palestinians on Israeli military vehicles and checkpoints in the territory in recent years.
A Palestinian driver was martyred by the Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank Saturday after what the Israeli regime's army called an "attempted ramming attack" but Palestinians said was a traffic accident.
The Palestinian foreign ministry identified the driver as Muhammad Ali Hussein Awad, 36, from the West Bank town of Beit Ijza, near Jerusalem.
"The Israeli police deliberately shot Awad, with the aim of killing him, after his vehicle collided with a police vehicle in a traffic accident," the ministry said.
It accused Israeli forces of killing a "defenseless Palestinian" who was not "posing any danger".
Israel is on high alert ahead of the Jewish high holiday season which begins on Sunday evening with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year. 219
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