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Palestinian shot and killed by Israeli military after alleged attack

Israeli and Palestinian officials disagree on the circumstances behind the death of a 29-year-old Palestinian in a West Bank village Thursday.

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Relatives of 29-year-old Palestinian Ibrahim Abu Yakoub, who was killed by Israeli forces July 9, mourn during his funeral in the village of Kifl Haris, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, on July 10, 2020. — Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

A Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli security forces Thursday after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail at them.

On Thursday, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said in a statement that a man was shot in the neck and died near the West Bank village of Kifl Haris in Salfit governorate. He died from “bullets of the occupation,” the ministry said.

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