- A Palestinian youth was shot dead Tuesday afternoon by
a settler at an outpost near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.
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- At first, the settler who shot 18-year-old Salman Yussuf
Safadi from the nearby village of Orif, claimed that the Palestinian had
tried to enter his house in outpost 725 and so he shot him. He later said
that Safadi was not in his house when he shot him.
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- The Palestinian was apparently seriously wounded, but
tried to flee. His body was found some 50 meters from the house. Military
sources say the settler shot off a "number of bullets."
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- Settlers initially claimed that the man was actually
caught in the house.
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- The military believes that there are two possible reasons
the settler tried to enter the house: either he was collecting intelligence
information on the outpost for use in a future attack, or he was trying
to steal from the house.
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- There were reports that he was picking olives nearby
and had wandered into the outpost. The village's olive groves, however,
are not in proximity to the outpost.
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- Palestinians from the victim's village said that he was
herding his sheep near the outpost and went to look for some sheep that
ran away. They said Safadi was unarmed and was not a member of any terror
group.
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- Security forces questioned the settler.
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- Police officers were initially dispatched to the area
to investigate the incident, but ordered to leave by the military, who
wished to investigate the incident instead.
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- IDF withdraws from Khan Yunis; 17 killed in raid
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- IDF troops withdrew from the southern Gaza town of Khan
Yunis on Tuesday morning, following a 30-hour that left 17 Palestinians
dead.
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- Most of the fatalities were armed members of terror organizations
or the Palestinian Authority's security services, but at least five were
unarmed civilians, including an 11-year-old boy.
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- Two IDF soldiers, an officer and a soldier, both members
of a tank unit, were seriously injured in the operation.
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- Palestinians said that among the dead was a Hamas militant
who was killed in an Israel Air Force missile strike on Khan Yunis refugee
camp early Tuesday, Israel Radio reported.
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- Seven other people were said to have been wounded in
the strike, the radio reported.
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- On Tuesday morning, Palestinians fired three Qassam rockets
from the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanun, which landed near the
Gaza-Israel border. No injuries were reported.
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- Meanwhile, IDF forces opened fire on two Palestinians
they said were laying an explosive device near the Gaza Strip settlement
of Ganei Tal early on Tuesday, Israel Radio said.
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- According to the report the soldiers hit the two men,
and the bomb they were planting exploded.
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- Throughout the West Bank, IDF forces arrested six wanted
Palestinians overnight Monday.
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