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Palestinian Man Reportedly Wounded by Gunfire in Beit Ummar

Palestinian reports said a man was wounded by gunfire overnight in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, on Friday. Those accounts alleged that settlers had fired toward homes in the town and that residents came outside to repel them. According to the same reports, gunfire was then directed toward the residents, leaving one Palestinian wounded. The alleged shooters' identities and the circumstances of the incident have not been independently confirmed, and the available account did not specify the wounded man's condition.

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Courtroom-sketch editorial illustration of an archival April 2011 view of hillside houses and agricultural terraces in Beit Ummar, used as town context; it does not depict the reported gunfire.

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