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IDF kills stone-throwing assailant in northern West Bank
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleStav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel
IDF troops shot and killed a Palestinian assailant overnight after coming under a stone-throwing attack near the West Bank village of Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, the military says.
According to the IDF, troops from the 636th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit were carrying out an operation along a main route in the northern West Bank when several suspects began hurling stones at them.
The soldiers opened fire, killing one of the attackers and injuring two others, the IDF says, adding that no Israeli troops were injured in the incident.
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