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Israeli citizen killed in West Bank outpost shooting

The attack occurred near the Palestinian city of Nablus at a settlement that is not approved by the Israeli government. Two students were also injured in the so-far unclaimed attack.

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A Palestinian youth throws stones at an Israeli military armored vehicle, during an Israeli security operation to search for Palestinian militants in the village of Aqraba, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on May 5, 2021. — JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

An Israeli man was killed in a shooting in the West Bank today. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported shots fired at around 9 p.m. local time. Israeli media subsequently reported that the shooting took place in the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank. A man named Yehudah Dimentman from the nearby settlement Shavei Shomron died of wounds sustained in the shooting. Two other men who were students at a Jewish yeshiva were injured, according to reports. 

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