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| Palestinian teen killed, 3 Israeli troops hurt in separate West Bank clashes |
| 2023-07-22 |
| [IsraelTimes] IDF and Border Police say forces shot up rioters in Umm Safa and Beit Ummar; one officer hurt by improvised bomb A Paleostinian teenager was killed and three Israeli security force members were lightly hurt in separate festivities in the West Bank on Friday afternoon, Paleostinian health officials and the Israeli military said. In a joint statement, the Israel Defense Forces and Border Police said masked Paleostinians hurled stones and "life-threatening rocks" at Israeli forces in the West Bank Paleostinian town of Umm Safa. A Border Police officer shot up the Paleostinian suspects, hitting at least one, the statement said. The Paleostinian Authority health ministry said two people were seriously maimed by gunfire in the village, one of whom later died. The fatality was named by Paleostinian media outlets as 17-year-old Muhammad al-Bayed from the nearby Jalazone refugee camp. Separately, an IDF officer and two Border Police officers were maimed during festivities with Paleostinians in the southern West Bank town of Beit Ummar. According to the joint statement, a Paleostinian hurled an bomb toward Israeli forces in the town, lightly wounding an on-duty IDF reservist officer. A Border Police officer opened fire and hit the suspect who hurled the improvised bomb, the statement said. His condition was not immediately clear. The IDF officer was taken to the Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem with shrapnel wounds to his leg, according to the Rescuers Without Borders emergency service. Another two Border Police officers were lightly hurt by stones hurled by Paleostinians in Beit Ummar, the statement added. Related: Umm Safa: 2023-07-13 Soldier, civilian charged with terror offenses over West Bank rioting Umm Safa: 2023-07-08 Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops during West Bank clashes Umm Safa: 2023-06-25 Off-duty soldier among 4 detained in latest settler attack on Palestinian village after 4 Israelis gunned down near Eli Tuesday |
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