Israeli security forces gather near the scene of a stabbing attack at Israeli Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah September 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A Palestinian who stabbed and wounded an Israeli security guard at a main military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank that separates Ramallah and Jerusalem, was shot and killed on Friday, police said.
The incident occurred hours after world leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, attended the funeral of Israeli statesman Shimon Peres in Jerusalem, where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was also greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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