A Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli settler in the southern West Bank before being shot dead.

A Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded an Israeli settler in the southern West Bank before being shot dead.

"The assailant stabbed the Israeli in the neck, wounding him severely. The attacker was shot on site, resulting in his death,” a statement from the occupation military read.

The injured Israeli “is now being evacuated for emergency medical care," according to the statement.

Israeli emergency medical services spokesman Magen David Adom said they were evacuating a 19-year-old man with a stab wound in his neck to a hospital in Jerusalem, stating that his condition was serious.

The attack took place at the Beit Einun junction, north of al-Khalil, a flashpoint city that witnessed fierce clashes between the Palestinians and the Zionist occupiers.