Israeli forces kill Palestinian during West Bank clash
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli border police on Satursday shot and killed a Palestinian who was throwing a firebomb at them during a clash in the occupied West Bank, a police spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said that border police officers driving near the village Al-Eizariya came under attack from a group of Palestinians throwing rocks and firebombs. The officers shot one of the men throwing a firebomb, the spokesperson said.
The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed one person was killed in the incident.
A Palestinian woman walks past buring tires during clashes in east Bethlehem, West Bank, 30 September 2022. Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli soldiers over the death of a seven year old boy who according to the boy’s father, died of heart failure while being chased by Israeli soldiers on 29 September, an argument disputed by Israeli authorities. EPA-EFE/ABED AL HASHLAMOUN
Violence in the West Bank – part of what Palestinians want as an independent state – has simmered since U.S.-sponsored negotiations with Israel stalled in 2014.
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Gareth Jones)
