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The Israeli military kills a boy in Gaza and kidnaps civilians in the West Bank, these stories and more coming up stay tuned.

The News Cast

A Palestinian child, who was shot and kidnapped by the Israeli army near the border fence in Gaza on Sunday evening, died of his wounds in the Soroka hospital in Be’er Sheva’ on Monday night.
The Israeli army claimed that the child, 15 years old, was attempting to infiltrate into Israel in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The army added that the soldiers shouted at the child, ordering him to stop, and opened fire at him after he failed to do so.
In other news, Israeli forces invaded different areas of the West Bank and kidnapped 11 civilians early on Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile Settler' attacks targeting Palestinians were reported on Tuesday in a number of West Bank areas.

settlers attacked Palestinian cars near the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Nablus, damage was reported but no injuries.

Among those attacked was Palestinian MP Walid Assaf. The attacks started on Monday when the Israeli military evacuated a number of settler outposts in the northern West Bank.

Israeli media sources reported on Tuesday that the military is planning to evacuate 23 settlers outposts in the coming few days.

The reports said that the military and police have conducted exercises to be able to carry out all evictions in one day.

At the same time the military issued a statement saying the exercises were regular exercises and it has neither plans nor orders to evacuate those settlements.

Conclusion

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