Israeli police disputed Palestinian accusations that settlers stabbed a West Bank boy to death. The 12-year-old Palestinian was found dead Wednesday near his village outside Nablus, and relatives said he had been ambushed by knife-wielding settlers. But Israeli police, citing Palestinian sources, said Thursday that the killing likely resulted from a local clan dispute.
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