[IsraelTimes] The IDF says troops, coppers of the Gideonim unit, and Border Police officers killed two Paleostinian button men in the West Bank city of Qalqiliya this morning.
According to a statement, the pair were responsible for several shooting attacks against troops in the area.
It says forces chased after the desperados, during which festivities erupted and the button men were killed.
An assault rifle and pistol were seized, the IDF says.
The Paleostinian Authority health ministry says it was notified of the men’s deaths, indicating their bodies were being held by Israeli authorities.
PA says man killed by IDF fire, 4 injured in separate overnight West Bank raids
[IsraelTimes] The Paleostinian Authority health ministry says that a 25-year-old Paleostinian was killed by IDF fire in the West Bank’s Qalandiya.
It adds that four were maimed at the Dheisheh camp near Bethlehem, including one in very serious condition.
There is no immediate information from the Israeli military on its overnight operations.
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