IDF troops shot and killed a Palestinian assailant overnight after coming under attack by stone throwers near the West Bank village of Luban a-Sharqiya, the military said Thursday.

According to the IDF, troops from the 636th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit were carrying out an operation along a main route in the northern West Bank when several suspects began hurling stones at them.

The soldiers opened fire, killing one of the attackers and injuring two others, the IDF said, adding that no Israeli troops were injured in the incident.

The Palestinian Authority identified the fatality killed by the IDF as Khitab Daraghmeh, 26, of the village of Luban a-Sharqiya near Nablus.

Israeli authorities are holding his remains, according to Wafa, the PA’s official news agency.

One of the injured suspects was taken by soldiers to an Israeli hospital, while Palestinian ambulances were permitted to take the other........

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