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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Hundreds of Palestinians riot near Rachel’s Tomb
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleHundreds of Palestinians are rioting near Rachel’s Tomb, and several firebombs and a pipe bomb have been thrown at Israeli troops guarding the site, Wallla news reports.
Earlier a Border Police officer was injured by a firebomb thrown by a Palestinian at the site.
The tomb, believed to house the remains of the biblical matriarch Rachel and considered holy to Jews, is located just north of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
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