A Palestinian was shot in the head and killed Saturday by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis, hospital officials said.
Arafat Abu Rujeila, 21, was hit Saturday, by machine-gun fire from an Israeli tank. The Israeli army said the man was with a group of Palestinians digging in a forbidden area where previously, bombs were planted.
They fired at the group who ran away then returned shortly after. They fired again and the man was hit, an army spokesman said. Abu Rujeila's family said he was working on the family farm.
Shots were fired Saturday morning at an Israeli patrol in the West Bank city of Jenin, there were no injuries, Israel's Army Radio reported. Troops in the city also discovered an explosive device, the report said.
An army spokesman said soldiers had earlier arrested three activists of Hamas in the West Bank overnight. Two men were siezed in the village of Beit al-Rush al-Fuqa, southwest of Hebron, and the third in Jama'in, near the northern city of Nablus. (Albawaba.com)
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