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October 26, 2015

Conficting Accounts of Israeli Killing of Teenage Girl 
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Violence is continuing in Israel and the Occupied Territories. Earlier
today, Israeli forces shot and killed a teenage Palestinian accused of
stabbing an Israeli in Hebron. A day earlier, Israeli border police shot
and killed a 17-year-old girl at a border checkpoint. Police said the
girl approached officers with a knife, but a witness told CNN the
accused assailant was a "terrified schoolgirl" who raised her arms,
saying, "I don't have a knife." Close to 60 Palestinians have now been
killed by Israeli security forces this month, about 30 of whom were
accused of attacking Israelis. Ten Israelis have been killed in
Palestinian attacks.

 

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