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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Saturday that its troops shot dead two Palestinians in the southern West Bank city of Hebron after they drove a car toward soldiers at a checkpoint.
The IDF statement said the soldiers opened fire after a vehicle approached them during "operational activity." According to Israeli public broadcaster Kan, the soldiers were from the 202nd Paratroopers Brigade Battalion; one soldier was slightly wounded.
The Palestinian news agency WAFA presented a different version, reporting that Israeli troops fired at a car carrying Palestinian civilians in the Bab al-Zawiya area of central Hebron and then blocked Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulances from reaching the scene.
According to Palestinian statistics, the West Bank has seen a sharp escalation of violence since October 7, 2023, leaving around 1,000 Palestinians dead, hundreds injured, and dozens of homes destroyed.
Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Six-Day War. The settlements it built there and its military occupation are considered illegal under international law. –0–
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