Israel Kills 3 Palestinians by Accident
Times Wire Reports
JERUSALEM — Israeli soldiers accidentally shot and killed a Palestinian woman and her two young sons Sunday near a military base south of the West Bank town of Jenin, the army announced.
A bomb had exploded nearby, and the soldiers said they saw three “suspicious figures” in a nearby grove and opened fire.
One soldier was slightly wounded by the large bomb that blew up next to a tank.
The Israeli army “expresses deep sorrow over the incident and regrets the loss of civilian life,” a military spokesman said.
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