Israeli army admits to shooting Palestinian man in occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has issued a statement saying that his killing was carried out by an off-duty soldier who was accompanying 'an Israeli civilian' near Duma 'during engineering works'.
The military claimed that the soldier was responding to Palestinians hurling rocks at them, saying 'the soldier fired to remove the threat, and a hit was identified'.
'Upon receiving the report, additional IDF soldiers were dispatched to the scene. The incident has concluded. As a result of the rock hurling, the civilian and the soldier were lightly injured and received medical treatment at the scene,' the statement read.
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