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The Red Crescent said five people were hit by gunfire during an
Israeli military operation. Nayef Firas Ziad Samaro, 26, was
killed, according to the Health Ministry, and his body was
brought to the hospital where his wife was giving birth.
Additionally, a 12-year-old was shot in the shoulder, according
to the Red Crescent.
The raid took place as schools were letting out for the day, in
an area crowded with civilians, witnesses said.
Israel's military in a statement said it responded to a
confrontation in the Nablus area in which several “terrorists”
threw rocks toward soldiers. Soldiers fired and “several hits
were identified.”
Palestinians, rights groups and international observers are
warning about the worsening violence, where young Palestinian
men are being killed with increasing regularity amid a broader
climate of arson, vandalism and the displacement of farming
communities near Jewish settlements and outposts in the West
Bank.
At least 42 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the
year, according to the United Nations humanitarian office. Armed
settlers were responsible for at least 11 of those fatalities.
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