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Palestinian who hurled firebomb at troops yesterday shot dead, IDF says
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A Palestinian who hurled a firebomb at Israeli troops in the West Bank was shot dead yesterday, the military says.
Palestinian Authority health officials identified the man as 20-year-old Muhammad Rajih Nasrallah.
According to the IDF, during an operation in the southern West Bank town of ad-Dhahiriya, troops spotted the suspect hurling a Molotov cocktail at the forces.
“The soldiers returned fire and eliminated the terrorist,” the army says, adding that no troops were hurt.
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