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Israeli soldier killed in West Bank city of Hebron Israeli soldier killed in West Bank city of Hebron
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The Israeli army says one of its soldiers has been killed in a shooting in the West Bank city of Hebron.The Israeli army says one of its soldiers has been killed in a shooting in the West Bank city of Hebron.
Officials said the soldier had been on patrol in the city, which was packed with Jewish people visiting for a week-long religious festival. Officials said Sgt Gabriel Koby had been on patrol in the city, which was packed with Jewish people visiting for a week-long religious festival.
The 20-year old soldier died in hospital after being hit in a suspected sniper attack. The 20-year old soldier died in hospital after being shot in a suspected sniper attack.
Hebron has long been a source of tension between Israelis and Palestinians. The attack came a day a day after another soldier was found killed in the northern West Bank.
The Tomb of Abraham in the city is a holy site for both Jews and Muslims. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the Hebron shooting by authorising Jewish settlers to move back into a building they had previously been evicted from near the scene of the attack.
The killing comes a day after Israeli troops found the body of another soldier near the northern West Bank town of Qalqilya. "Whoever tries to forcibly remove us from the city of our patriarchs will achieve the opposite," the prime minister said in a statement.
Sgt Tomer Hazan, 20, had been lured to the northern West Bank by a Palestinian man, Israel's Shin Bet intelligence agency said. Hebron, whose Tomb of Abraham is a holy site for both Jews and Muslims, has long been a source of tension between Israelis and Palestinians.
A suspect - who Shin Bet said worked with the soldier - has been arrested. On Saturday, Israeli troops found the body of Sgt Tomer Hazan near the northern West Bank town of Qalqilya.
The statement said he had confessed to killing Sgt Hazan in the hope that he could trade the body in exchange for the release of his imprisoned brother. Sgt Hazan, 20, had been lured there by a Palestinian man, Israel's Shin Bet security service said.
Shin Bet named the suspect as Nidal Ammer, a 42-year-old Palestinian man. A suspect, named as 42-year-old Nidal Ammer, has been arrested.
Shin Bet said Mr Ammer had previously worked with the soldier. It said he had confessed to killing Sgt Hazan in the hope that he could trade the body in exchange for the release of his imprisoned brother.