Palestinian gunfire killed two Israeli soldiers over the weekend, one near Rachel’s Tomb in the Bethlehem area and the other in the Gaza Strip, after a Palestinian opened fire from a car. Palestinians reported 10 people killed in clashes with Israeli troops. On Sunday, a Palestinian youth was shot dead at the Erez checkpoint between the Gaza Strip and Israel, according to a Palestinian hospital official.
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