A group of settlers who got into a firefight during Sukkot with Palestinian gunmen in the hills near Nablus were hiking in the area after their leader misled the Israel Defense Force about their planned route, according to an Israeli probe. A Jewish settler was killed by Palestinian gunfire during the ensuing daylong battle.
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