Three Israeli officers killed by former Palestinian Presidential Guard

Three Israeli police officers were killed on Sunday morning near Hebron in the occupied West Bank by a former member of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Presidential Guard.

According to the Israeli army, the suspect's vehicle followed the car carrying the three officers. After the shooting, the officers lost control of their vehicle, with one officer killed at the scene and two declared dead en route to the hospital.

Sources speaking to Middle East Eye identified the assailant as Muhannad al-Asood, a resident of Idhna in Hebron, who was born in Jordan and a citizen of the country. Asood returned to his native West Bank in 1998 with his family after obtaining family reunification.

Asood was also a former member of the Palestinian Presidential Guard, resigned from his position in 2015 and was reportedly a member of Fatah which controls the PA. 

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