A bullet hit a car in the convoy of the U.N. human rights commissioner as she was visiting the West Bank town of Hebron. Mary Robinson was not in the car hit by the bullet, and no one was hurt in the shooting. She is touring the West Bank and Gaza Strip to investigate complaints that Israeli soldiers are using excessive force against Palestinian stone-throwers and gunmen.
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