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Israeli citizen killed in West Bank outpost shooting

The attack occurred near the Palestinian city of Nablus at a settlement that is not approved by the Israeli government. Two students were also injured in the so-far unclaimed attack.
West Bank

An Israeli man was killed in a shooting in the West Bank today. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported shots fired at around 9 p.m. local time. Israeli media subsequently reported that the shooting took place in the Homesh outpost in the northern West Bank. A man named Yehudah Dimentman from the nearby settlement Shavei Shomron died of wounds sustained in the shooting. Two other men who were students at a Jewish yeshiva were injured, according to reports. 

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