{"id":172329,"date":"2025-12-07T13:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/172329\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T13:06:08","slug":"israeli-soldiers-kill-55-year-old-palestinian-and-teenager-driving-towards-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/172329\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli soldiers kill 55-year-old Palestinian and teenager driving towards them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published on: Dec 07, 2025 05:51 pm IST <\/p>\n<p>    An Israeli security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a 17-year-old was driving the car and a 55-year-old was the bystander.     <\/p>\n<p>Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager who was driving a car towards them as well as a Palestinian bystander in the West Bank on Saturday, according to an Israeli security official.<\/p>\n<p>     <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/israel_1765099498788_1765099498940.JPG\" alt=\"Palestinian state news agency WAFA reported that 55-year-old Ziad Naim Abu Dawood, a municipal street cleaner, was killed while working. (Reuters\/Representational Image)\" title=\"Palestinian state news agency WAFA reported that 55-year-old Ziad Naim Abu Dawood, a municipal street cleaner, was killed while working. (Reuters\/Representational Image)\"\/>   Palestinian state news agency WAFA reported that 55-year-old Ziad Naim Abu Dawood, a municipal street cleaner, was killed while working. (Reuters\/Representational Image)    <\/p>\n<p>The military said that an &#8220;uninvolved person&#8221; was hit in addition to the driver of the car who had &#8220;accelerated&#8221; towards soldiers at a checkpoint in West Bank city of Hebron.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier statement, the military said two &#8220;terrorists&#8221; were killed after soldiers opened fire, before later clarifying that only one was involved.<\/p>\n<p>An Israeli security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a 17-year-old was driving the car and a 55-year-old was the bystander.<\/p>\n<p>Also read: <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/us-news\/palestinians-evacuated-from-gaza-face-tough-adjustment-in-greece-101764656796150.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Palestinians evacuated from Gaza face tough adjustment in Greece | Hindustan Times\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Palestinians evacuated from Gaza face tough adjustment in Greece | Hindustan Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Palestinian state news agency WAFA reported that 55-year-old Ziad Naim Abu Dawood, a municipal street cleaner, was killed while working. It said another Palestinian was killed but did not report the circumstances that led the soldiers to open fire.<\/p>\n<p>The Palestinian health ministry identified the second Palestinian as 17-year-old Ahmed Khalil Al-Rajabi.<\/p>\n<p>The military did not report any injuries to the soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>The motive for the 17-year-old&#8217;s actions was not immediately clear, and no militant group claimed responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>Also read: <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/india-will-be-with-us-palestine-ambassador-abdullah-abu-shawesh-on-gaza-reconstruction-101764829956278.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"&#039;India will be with us&#039;: Palestine Ambassador Abdullah Abu Shawesh on Gaza reconstruction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;India will be with us&#8217;: Palestine Ambassador Abdullah Abu Shawesh on Gaza reconstruction<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Violence has surged this year in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians have risen sharply, while the military has tightened movement restrictions and carried out sweeping raids in several cities.<\/p>\n<p>Since January, 51 Palestinian minors, aged under 18, have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli forces, according to the Palestinian health ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Palestinians have also carried out attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians, some of them deadly.<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/story_trending@2x.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/>     Get the latest headlines from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/us-news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US news<\/a> and global updates from Pakistan, Nepal, UK, Bangladesh, and Russia get all the latest headlines in one place with including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/world-news\/3iatlas-interstellar-comet-live-tracker-latest-updates-of-comet-approaching-sun-nasa-space-101761800049890.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3I\/ATLAS Live<\/a>on Hindustan Times.       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