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Israeli forces killed a Palestinian and detained 11 others in the West Bank on Sunday, amid ongoing military escalation in the occupied territory, medics and local sources said, Anadolu reports. The Health Ministry said Ammar Hijazi, 34, was killed by Israeli fire in the Ayoun al-Haramiya area, north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. The official news agency Wafa said the young man was critically wounded after Israeli police opened fire on his vehicle near the Ayoun al-Haramiya junction. He was later pronounced dead. Police claimed that the driver was shot after he refused to heed orders to stop. Israeli forces also raided the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron in the southern West Bank and detained four Palestinian […]
