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IDF says troops shot dead a Palestinian throwing firebombs at Israeli cars in West Bank
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says troops shot dead a Palestinian who was hurling firebombs on a major highway in the West Bank.
Troops of the 636th Combat Intelligence Collection Unit operating near the village of Baytin spotted several Palestinians throwing Molotov cocktails on Israeli motorists driving on the nearby Route 60 Highway, the military says.
The soldiers opened fire “on the terrorists, eliminating one of them,” the IDF says, adding that troops are searching for the other suspects.
The slain Palestinian is named by the Palestinian Authority’s health ministry as Haitham Ezzedine Omar Hmeida, 18.
According to the ministry, his body is being held by Israeli authorities.
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