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JERUSALEM, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- Israel's military said troops shot dead two Palestinians after the pair attempted to drive over soldiers in the West Bank.
A statement by the military Spokesperson's Unit said that a "ramming attack" was thwarted near Kiryat Arba, a Jewish settlement near the flashpoint Hebron city.
A later statement confirmed that the suspects were dead. Local media reported that three soldiers sustained very light injuries.
The incident occurred less than an hour after Israeli police officers shot and killed a Jordanian youth who allegedly tried to stab them.
The man, in his twenties, pulled out two knives at Border Police outside East Jerusalem's Old City and was shot dead, according to police spokeswoman Luba Samri.
A year-long spate of violence in Israel and the West Bank has killed at least 230 Palestinians and 34 Israelis.
Israeli leaders accuse the Palestinian National Authority of "inciting" the unrest, while the Palestinians say it is the result of 49 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, home to more than five million Palestinians, where they wish to establish their own state.
