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| Palestinian opens fire on soldiers in Hebron, is shot dead | |
| 2017-06-29 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Man shoots at IDF forces searching for illegal weapons in the West Bank city, troops return fire. IDF forces shot and killed a Paleostinian man in the West Bank city of Hebron
The soldiers were carrying out searches for illegal weapons when they encountered the man. "In response to the immediate threat, forces fired towards him, killing him," the army said in a statement. An IDF spokesperson told The Times of Israel that the Paleostinian shot at the troops first, leading the soldiers to shoot him. No soldiers were maimed. Since 2015, the army has been on a mission to try rid the West Bank of illegally made and traded weapons, raiding suspected gunsmithing workshops and warehouses on an almost weekly basis. The campaign has led to a sharp rise in the cost to Forces have uncovered several arms workshops in Hebron and other West Bank cities as part of the effort to shut down arms manufacturing. In the first quarter of 2017 the army shuttered 20 suspected gun-making workshops and seized about 150 guns, putting it on track to far surpass its numbers from last year. In 2016, the army closed 44 workshops and confiscated approximately 450 weapons. | |
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