Another Palestinian killed in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, as troops mounted more sweeps in the territory after deadly Arab attacks in Israel. The ministry said Mohammed Assaf, 34, was a lawyer who worked for a department of the Palestine Liberation Organisation that documents and lobbies against Israeli settlement activity on land Palestinians seek for a state. Palestinian health officials said seven people were wounded with live bullets in the Nablus clashes. The Israeli military stepped up its raids in the West Bank following attacks by two Palestinians from the territory and three members of Israel's Arab minority which have killed 14 people in Israel since late March. More than 20 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since January.
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