Soldiers also shot dead a man near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday, the Palestinian health ministry said.
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Palestinians from in and around Hebron, as well as Ramallah, were among those detained late Thursday and into Friday, according to the WAFA news agency.
A woman and an adolescent boy were wounded, hospital sources said.
While al-Sharawi’s family said their mother was on her way to lunch at a relative’s home, Amnesty stated that even if she had planned to carry out an attack, “the imminent danger had passed and accordingly … the use of lethal force was unlawful”.
Israeli forces have sparked outrage after disguising themselves as locals and killing a Palestinian man during a raid at a West Bank hospital.
Last month, the government ordered an intensification of the policy in response to a wave of stabbing and shooting attacks and other deadly unrest. “So, I feel a little more liberated to do what I think is necessary”, he said.
In breach of worldwide law, an estimated 547,000 Israelis live in Jewish settlements and outposts across the West Bank, including in occupied East Jersualem, according to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem.
Also on Friday, a 23-year-old Palestinian was fatally shot in the chest by Israeli forces during clashes in Hebron.
The Israeli army spokesperson said the settlers were killed when “shots were fired at their vehicle”, adding that the suspect “fled the scene”.
“(The demolitions) are immoral, it is collective punishment and they will ignite the West Bank”, she said. An Israeli dad & his teenage son, going to Sabbath services Friday., have been shot to death by a Palestinian gunman as a weeks-old marketing crusade of anti-Israel violence raged on.
In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians confronted IDF troops near the coastal plain’s northern and southern borders with Israel. The Gaza health ministry said 17 rock-throwers were hurt from Israeli retaliatory fire.
Further details about the incident has not been released yet.
In all, since mid-September, 14 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, mostly stabbings, while 81 Palestinians have been killed, including 50 who Israel says were involved in attacks.
In Hebron, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian during stone-throwing violence. A military spokeswoman said that the Shalalda family were known Hamas operatives and that a man who tried to attack soldiers was shot during the operation. Then the Palestinian entered the other store and stabbed a woman.
Hebron, the largest West Bank city, has been a particular flashpoint in the unrest.
Blair’s return comes at a hard time.
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Elsewhere, two Palestinians were shot dead in clashes with Israeli troops, and another died after being wounded in clashes on Thursday, Palestinians said.
