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Monday, January 11, 2010

Palestinian shot in Hebron by Israeli forces

Ma'an
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian man near the southern entrance to Hebron in the West Bank.

Israeli soldiers prevented Palestinians from assisting him, and then took him to an unknown location, sources told Ma'an.

...Israeli media reported that Israeli district police in Hebron opened fired at the Palestinian driving near Bani Na'im. According to the Hebrew-language daily Yedioth Ahronoth, an investigation was launched after the incident, revealing that a car was stolen.

........In a related event, 10 Israeli policemen and detectives were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of abusing an alleged Palestinian car thief, according to The Jerusalem Post, an English-language Israeli newspaper. Full story
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