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One child was killed by the Israeli army in the northern occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to medics. Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that a 14-year-old Palestinian succumbed to live bullet wounds sustained from Israeli gunfire in the Yamun town of northern Jenin. Witnesses told Anadolu that the army forces stormed Yamun and searched civilians’ homes and stores, which led to confrontations with Palestinians. Another Palestinian was injured when illegal Israeli settlers assaulted him with rocks in Asira al-Qibliya village of Nablus, northern West Bank, said Hafez Saleh, the head of the village council. Settlers also set ablaze nearly 10 dunams (1 dunam = 1,000 square meters) of farmlands, and opened fire on locals who tried to stop the […]