BREAKING NEWS

Border Patrol officer shoots and kills Hebron gunman

Border Patrol officers patrolling next to the Tomb of thePatriarchs in Hebron shot and killed a Palestinian man after he pulled a fakegun on them, National Police Spokesman Micky Rosenfeld saidWednesday evening.

Rosenfeld said that the Border Patrol is carrying out aninvestigation into the incident, which was reportedly followed by violentprotests by Palestinian locals. He could not confirm reports that the officerwho shot the man was a female Border Patrol fighter.