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IDF: Palestinian tries to snatch soldier’s gun near West Bank settlement, is shot
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Palestinian allegedly tried to snatch a soldier’s gun near the West Bank settlement of Rimonim a short while ago.
The IDF says the soldier, of the Kfir Brigade’s Duchifat Battalion, returned fire and “neutralized” the assailant.
Additional forces have been dispatched to the scene, the army says.
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