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World Jewish News
IDF soldier killed during pre-dawn raid near Ramallah
07.05.2009
St-Sgt. Noam Adin Rechter Levi, 20, from Mitzpe Netufa near Tiberias, a soldier from the Duhifat battalion, was killed pre-dawn Thursday in an IDF raid on the town of Beit Zeit, north of Ramallah.
IDF sources said that Levi was killed during an operation to quell rioting in the town, which is home to one of the leading Palestinian universities. Several Palestinian suspects were arrested.
Sources said that the IDF was investigating the incident, as well as the possibility that the soldier was killed by friendly fire.
During the patrol through the town a part of the Duhifat force was separated, and "many questions surrounded what happened next," according to the sources. The IDF said it was also possible that the force encountered resistance while on patrol, and that the soldier was shot by a Palestinian gunman.
The IDF was waiting for autopsy results to determine the cause of death.
Levi was the first soldier to be killed in the West Bank in over a year.
By YAAKOV KATZ
Источник: JPost.com
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