A Palestinian man was killed on Sunday morning after an explosive device, possibly an explosive belt he was wearing, exploded in the West Bank village of Jinsapout on Sunday. The village is west of Nablus, near the Jewish settlement of Kedumim.
The Israel Defense Forces says that the man was killed in a work accident and was probably planning to carry out a suicide attack on an Israeli target. The army said that the man probably spotted an IDF patrol vehicle and set off the device prematurely, some 100 meters away from the troops.
In a separate incident, IDF soldiers shot dead a Palestinian on Sunday during a confrontation with stone-throwers in the West Bank, witnesses said.
According to the witnesses, Fuad Jarwan, 18, was killed as he sat on his balcony in the village of Beita studying for a high school examination while violence raged nearby.
An IDF spokesman said dozens of Palestinians had attacked soldiers with rocks and concrete blocks. "The force spotted a terrorist lighting a petrol bomb, opened fire at him and saw that he was hit," the spokesman added.
Read more...{i]Witnesses differ on the second incident. A typical explanation of an IDF shooting an innocent or a militant attacker. Some will believe only their side.
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