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Beastly Boy

(13,283 posts) Mon Dec 6, 2021, 02:13 PM Dec 2021

Palestinian killed after ramming car into West Bank checkpoint, Israel says [View all]

Source: Reuters

JERUSALEM, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager who rammed a car into a military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Monday, seriously injuring an Israeli guard, Israel's defence ministry said.

The incident occurred at a roadblock between Israel and the central West Bank near the Palestinian city of Tulkarem.

Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh accused Israel of "cold-blooded murder".

He gave no details of his own on what transpired at the checkpoint.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-killed-after-ramming-car-into-west-bank-checkpoint-israeli-ministry-2021-12-06/

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Palestinian killed after ramming car into West Bank checkpoint, Israel says [View all] Beastly Boy Dec 2021 OP

I'm pretty sure you can not ram your car in any military base in the United States either jimfields33 Dec 2021 #1

Maybe if the Palestinians... Archae Dec 2021 #2

Ramallah is the heart of the Palestinian Authority, not Hamas. brooklynite Dec 2021 #3