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Israeli occupation soldiers shoot dead a teenager
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and a 55-year-old man in an incident in Hebron, West Bank, on Saturday local time.This incident adds to the long list of violence that has increased sharply in the occupied territory this year.
An Israeli security official said the 17-year-old died after driving the car and driving towards the checkpoint where the soldiers were located.The military said the driver “accelerated” his vehicle towards the troops, causing them to open fire.
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However, in its initial statement, the military said two ‘terrorists’ had died before later correcting that only one driver was involved in the incident.
Apart from the driver, another Palestinian who was not involved, who was later discovered to be 55 years old, was also shot.An Israeli security official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the victim was a passerby who was at the location at the time of the incident.
The official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, identified the victim as Ziad Naim Abu Dawood, a city cleaner who was killed while working.Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said the teenager who died was Ahmed Khalil Al-Rajabi.
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, the Israeli military said none of its soldiers were injured in the incident.To date, the motive for the 17-year-old’s actions is unclear, and no armed group has claimed responsibility.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health noted that since January, 51 Palestinian children and teenagers under the age of 18 have been killed in the West Bank as a result of Israeli military action.
Violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has continued to soar this year.Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians have increased sharply, while the military has tightened movement restrictions and carried out large-scale arrest operations in a number of cities.
On the other hand, Palestinians also carried out a number of attacks on Israeli soldiers and citizens, some of which killed victims.This increasing tension adds to concerns about the worsening security situation in the region.
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