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Palestinian killed in West Bank shooting

Israeli and Palestinian officials offered different accounts of the incident, which occurred amid of high tensions in the Palestinian territory.

Palestinian women walk past Israeli soldiers taking position during a military operation to arrest militants in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, on March 25, 2008.
Palestinian women walk past Israeli soldiers taking position during a military operation to arrest militants in the Balata refugee camp near the West Bank city of Nablus, on March 25, 2008. — JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP via Getty Images

A Palestinian man was fatally shot in the West Bank today.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers went into the Balata refugee camp near the northern city of Nablus to execute an arrest warrant. They came under gunfire, and shot back, killing Bachar Hashash. The man was allegedly one of the shooters, the IDF told Israeli media

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