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| IDF reports that forces operating across Judea and Samaria made warning calls to released militants and their families |
| 2025-10-18 |
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After 11-year-old boy said killed by troops near Hebron yesterday, IDF claims it opened fire in response to stone-throwing [IsraelTimes] The IDF acknowledges that it opened fire on “suspects” in the Hebron area yesterday, in response to a Times of Israel inquiry regarding reports of an 11-year-old boy being shot and killed by Israeli troops in the village of al-Rihiya, south of Hebron in the southern West Bank. “Yesterday, during an operational activity in the area of al-Rihiya, in the Judea Brigade, disturbances and stone-throwing were directed at IDF forces,” the military says. “The forces responded with fire toward the stone-throwing suspects and hits were identified.” The military does not directly acknowledge the reports that an 11-year-old boy was killed, saying only that “the incident is under investigation” and that no troops were hurt. Reports yesterday identified the victim as Mohammad Bahjat Al-Hallaq. According to the official Palestinian Authority news agency, Al-Hallaq had been playing soccer on a school playground with a group of friends when troops opened fire on them. He was struck in the pelvis and rushed to hospital in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead. |
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