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Israeli soldier on the road north of Jerusalem where an attacker ran over a soldier with a car
Photo: Oren Ben Hakoon/AP
Five Palestinians were killed and one Israeli soldier injured in clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
Israel's army confirmed that its soldiers opened fire on "rioters" in two incidents.
In a third incident, a 20-year-old soldier was injured by a suspected car attack and the attacker was killed.
In confrontations near Hebron that night, a 44-year-old man was shot in the head, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Nine people were injured.
In two villages near Ramallah, a total of three men were killed on Tuesday, including two brothers.
According to the army, two military vehicles got stuck in the incident in Hebron.
Dozens of Palestinians then threw stones and explosive devices at the soldiers and also fired on them.
The soldiers returned fire.
With regard to an incident near Ramallah, the army said that stones and incendiary devices were thrown at soldiers and that live ammunition was then used.
The situation in the occupied West Bank has been very tense for months.
After a series of attacks on Israelis that began in March, the army is conducting increased raids there.
According to the Ministry of Health, more than 150 Palestinians have been killed in connection with military operations, in clashes or in their own attacks this year.
There are also increasing reports of violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians, Israeli activists or soldiers.
Attacks in Israel and the West Bank killed 31 civilians and security forces this year.
The attackers were Palestinians and Israeli Arabs.
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