A Palestinian boy was killed by a ricocheting bullet when Palestinian gunmen ambushed an Israeli army commander. Television footage from Saturday’s incident in the West Bank city of Nablus showed a bullet strike a military jeep and bounce up to the 6-year-old’s apartment. He was taken to a hospital with a neck wound and died within minutes.
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