The families of five Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers in one incident this week are calling for an international inquiry. Israeli soldiers opened fire after they “identified an armed gang of terrorists” that had opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling toward a Jewish settlement, according to an army statement. Palestinians say the five were unarmed civilians.
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