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2021-05-19 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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2 soldiers shot in West Bank, 3 Palestinians killed by gunfire amid unrest
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[IsraelTimes] Troops hospitalized with leg wounds; source of shooting that killed two demonstrators unclear; festivities also break out in Jerusalem.
Two Israeli soldiers were maimed by gunfire on Tuesday near the West Bank settlement of Beit El, as thousands of Paleostinians violent mostly peacefully rioted at the entrance to the nearby city of Ramallah and throughout the West Bank.
The Israel Defense Forces said troops had returned fire toward the source of the attack from within the demonstration after the two soldiers were hit by gunfire, but could not immediately comment on Paleostinian casualties.
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Three Paleostinian protesters were reported rubbed out during the festivities with Israeli forces.
Two of them were shot in Beit El, and it was not immediately clear who shot them given that there was gunfire from both sides.
A third Paleostinian, Bil’in resident Islam Fahmi, was shot in the head near his hometown during festivities with Israeli soldiers, the Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry said. He arrived at Ramallah’s main public hospital at death's door before passing away.
The Israeli military said that a violent mostly peaceful riot had erupted on the scene in Bil’in. Soldiers responded to the riot with live fire and riot dispersal means, the army said.
In Beit El, the military said shots fired at the soldiers came from at least two button men armed with AK-47 assault rifles — somewhat difficult weapons to obtain in the West Bank — potentially indicating the attack was carried out by people with ties to a terror group.
The IDF said it was searching for the button men.
The soldiers were hospitalized at the Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem, with the hospital describing their condition as stable. The two soldiers — one male conscript, one female officer — were shot in their legs, according to the army.
The Beit El incident came as some 2,000 Paleostinian protesters gathered on the outskirts of Ramallah, where the Paleostinian Authority is headquartered, to protest against Israel’s actions in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response ...
and Jerusalem. They burned tires and hurled stones at the Israeli troops, who fired tear gas at them. At one point, seven shots rang out, but it was unclear where they came from. Israeli soldiers on a hillside opposite the protest could be seen taking cover behind mounds of sandbags.
The Paleostinian Authority health ministry said three Paleostinian protesters had been killed: 25-year-old Muhammad Hamid; 16-year-old Islam Fahmi; and Adham Fayez Kashif. It said 70 others were maimed, including 16 people with bullet wounds. Seven of them were at death's door.
Paleostinians have declared a general strike in the West Bank, which was also being observed by Arab Israelis and Paleostinians in Jerusalem and Gaza.
Riots and protests were also ongoing on Tuesday afternoon at 25 locations throughout the West Bank, according to Channel 12 news.
There have been numerous reports of gunfire directed at Israeli soldiers during the riots, the network said.
Clashes between Paleostinians and police were also reported in Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon at Damascus Gate.
Police said they arrested eight suspects who assaulted officers with rocks and fireworks.
After being forced away from the Old City by police forces, hundreds of Paleostinians began rioting in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
As the rioters reportedly threw stun grenades, police forces arrived with horses and water cannons to try to control the unrest.
Violence in the West Bank and Jerusalem has increased since terror groups in the Gaza Strip began firing rockets at Israel last Monday amid rising Israeli-Paleostinian tensions centered on Jerusalem, setting off the worst flare-up of fighting in seven years.
At least 24 West Bank Paleostinians have been killed by Israeli forces since hostilities began between Israel and Hamas, a regional Iranian catspaw, last Monday. The Israeli army said several were attempting to commit terror attacks, while others were shot by soldiers during violent mostly peaceful festivities.
Earlier Tuesday, a Paleostinian man tried to attack soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, opening fire with a submachine gun and trying to throw a pipe bomb, before he was shot and killed by troops at the scene, the army said.
The bomb reportedly went off in the assailant’s hand as he tried to throw it at the soldiers. The IDF said the assailant was also carrying a knife.
A Paleostinian man was shot and killed Monday evening by IDF troops near the al-Aroub Refugee Camp close to the West Bank city of Hebron, Paleostinian media reported. The circumstances that led to 18-year-old Obeida Akram Jawabrah’s death were not clear. The Ynet news site cited Paleostinian medical sources who said Jawabrah was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest.
The IDF said that forces at the scene identified two suspects throwing Molotov cocktails at Israeli vehicles traveling nearby and an attempt to arrest the suspects ended in the shooting. No further details were given.
Also on Monday evening, the IDF said shots were fired from a passing car at soldiers stationed outside Hebron. There were no reports of injuries.
The two incidents came hours after the IDF said that an assailant tried to ram his vehicle into troops at Hawara in the northern West Bank, hitting a military vehicle. No soldiers were maimed and the assailant was arrested, the IDF said in a statement.
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