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Israel gives PA the bodies of siblings killed in attack bid
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIsrael hands over to the Palestinian Authority the bodies of two West Bank siblings killed last month as they tried to carry out a stabbing attack on troops north of Jerusalem, Israel Radio reports.
Maram Hassan Abu Ismail, 23, and her brother Ibrahim Saleh Taha, 16, were shot dead at the Qalandiya crossing on April 27. An investigation determined that the pair were shot by civilian security guards and not Border Police officers stationed there. Abu Ismail had hurled a knife at security personnel before she was shot, according to the police account of the incident.
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