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| Palestinian killed in West Bank clashes with Israeli troops |
| 2019-03-13 |
| [IsraelTimes] Army says dozens of Paleostinians threw rocks at soldiers in Salfit during reported raids to take security camera footage. A Paleostinian man died after being shot by Israeli forces during festivities Tuesday in the West Bank, medics and the Paleostinian Authority health ministry said. The army said dozens of Paleostinians rioted in the village of Salfit and threw rocks at Israeli troops, who responded with riot dispersal means. An army spokesperson said "there was no known use of live fire." The Red Islamic Thingy emergency medical services said they evacuated a man maimed during the festivities. The health ministry pronounced his death and named him as Mohammed Shaheen, 23. According to the official Paleostinian news outlet Wafa, he had been hit in the chest with a bullet. The festivities erupted as Israeli soldiers raided the village to take footage from surveillance cameras, according to Wafa. The fighting followed a series of other violent incidents in the West Bank and East Jerusalem on Tuesday. In Hebron, soldiers rubbed out a Paleostinian man who the Israel Defense Forces said tried to stab them. "IDF soldiers spotted the terrorist armed with a knife as he ran toward them. The soldiers pushed the terrorist back as he tried to run into a nearby civilian building. The soldiers shot the terrorist, thwarting the attack, and he was killed," the army said. Later on Tuesday, Israeli police shuttered the Temple Mount holy site after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at officers, further adding to recent tensions at the flashpoint holy site. Israeli authorities said the site would reopen on Wednesday. |
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