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The Israeli military said it responded with live fire to
suspects who threw rocks at soldiers in Ramallah who were
demolishing houses of militants responsible for a deadly
shooting attack in January.
Violence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem was already on the
rise before the war in Gaza erupted, but it has since escalated,
with stepped-up Israeli military raids, settler violence and
Palestinian street attacks.
Israeli forces have killed at least 620 Palestinians in the West
Bank and East Jerusalem since the start of the Gaza war,
according to Palestinian Health Ministry figures. Many have been
armed fighters belonging to militant groups but others have been
stone-throwing youths or uninvolved civilians.
At least 30 Israelis, civilians and soldiers, have been killed
by Palestinians in that time in Jerusalem and the West Bank
since the Gaza war started, Israeli figures show.
(Reporting by Ali Sawafta; Writing by Maytaal Angel; Editing by
Andrew Cawthorne)
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