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Palestinian tries to hit Israeli soldiers with car, shot dead: army
JERUSALEM, June 2, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – A Palestinian man who tried on Saturday
to hit Israeli soldiers with his car in the southern occupied West Bank city
Hebron was shot dead, the army said.
“A terrorist attempted to run over IDF troops located at the site with his
vehicle. In response, the troops fired towards the terrorist, killing him. No
IDF troops were injured,” an army statement said.
A military spokesman told AFP the alleged attacker was a Palestinian.
On Friday a 21-year-old Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli soldiers
near the Gaza border fence, where clashes were taking place.
Razan al-Najjar was a volunteer with the Gaza health ministry, wearing the
white uniform of a medic when she was shot in the chest.
According to the health ministry in Gaza, another 40 Palestinians were
wounded by Israeli gun fire in Friday’s clashes.
The Israeli army said on Saturday that cases such as Najjar’s, “in which
civilians are allegedly killed by IDF fire, are thoroughly examined by the
relevant levels of command and are checked by the General Staff Fact Finding
Assessment Mechanism”.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1502 hrs