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| IDF: Troops opened fire at Palestinian rioters in southern West Bank, striking one |
| 2022-05-31 |
| [IsraelTimes] Army says suspects were throwing stones, Molotov cocktails and burning tires as soldiers operated near village of Hursa; no word on condition of man hit by Israeli fire The IDF said its troops fired at Paleostinians who were The army said the suspects were throwing stones and Molotov cocktails in addition to burning tires near a military checkpost, as soldiers carried out a nighttime operation. The troops fired at the Paleostinians and hit one of them, according to the IDF. There was no immediate word on the condition of the suspect, nor as to whether the soldiers had used live fire. None of the Israeli soldiers were maimed in the incident near Hursa, which lies in Area A of the West Bank. Though the Oslo Accords intended such territory to be under full Paleostinian control, the Israeli army regularly carries out raids in such villages, which it says are aimed at countering terror. The clash took place as tensions across the Green Line were again charged following Sunday’s controversial Jerusalem Day Flag March, which saw some 70,000 religious nationalists parade through the Old City by way of the Damascus Gate and the Moslem Quarter in celebration of the reunification of the capital. Hundreds of participants were filmed chanting "Death to Arabs," "Muhammad is dead," "May your village burn," and other racist slogans while harassing some of the Paleostinian onlookers. The march took place in the shadow of threats by Paleostinian terror groups, warning they would |
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