IDF Soldiers Kill Palestinian Near Hebron After Car Accelerates Toward Military Vehicle
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
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- IDF soldiers killed a Palestinian man near Hebron after his car accelerated toward them.
- Two other Palestinians in the car were injured and evacuated to a hospital.
- The IDF is investigating the incident as an attempted attack.
- Separately, a settler killed a Palestinian man last Friday near Ramallah.
- An IDF investigation into the Friday incident found the victim was not throwing a firebomb.
Israeli soldiers opened fire on a car that accelerated towards them near Hebron on Monday, according to the IDF spokesperson. Palestinian reports indicate three adult laborers were in the vehicle. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that one of the men was killed and the other two sustained serious and moderate injuries. No Israeli casualties were reported in the incident.
The military has blocked access roads and nearby villages, and is currently treating the event as a attempted attack. The IDF stated that soldiers called for the vehicle to stop near the entrance to the town of Bani Naim, but it did not comply and instead collided with a military vehicle. Following the collision, soldiers opened fire, continuing to shoot even after the car came to a halt. Paramedics who arrived at the scene provided medical treatment to the injured Palestinians and evacuated them to a hospital. The Red Crescent reported that the army prevented its teams from reaching the scene.
This incident follows a separate event last Friday, where a settler shot and killed 19-year-old Bahaa Sami Amin al-Natsha from the East Jerusalem village of al-Eizariya, near the village of Kobar, north of Ramallah. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The Red Crescent stated that another person was lightly injured by shrapnel. The organization also reported that IDF forces prevented medical teams from reaching al-Natsha and ordered them to leave. Al-Natsha held permanent resident status in Israel as an East Jerusalem resident. A security source identified the shooter as an Israeli citizen residing in the Havat Eretz HaTzvi outpost near the Nahliel settlement. The source claimed the shooting occurred after the army received a report of two Palestinians approaching the outpost on a motorcycle and throwing firebombs. However, an IDF investigation reportedly found that no one threw anything at the outpost and that al-Natsha was carrying a glass bottle, not a firebomb.
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