IDF strengthens troops on the West Bank amid growing tensions

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The IDF said on Tuesday it would strengthen its troops on the West Bank as a result of the murt esther horgan, an Israeli woman found dead Sunday outside the Tal Menashe settlement, in what is believed to be a terrorist attack.
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Archive photo of IDF soldiers outside Hebron during Palestinian unrest

(Photo: EPA)

The IDF said in a statement that after reviewing the situation on the ground, additional troops would be deployed to the area to provide greater protection for towns and to ensure the safety of main roads in the West Bank.

The IDF said it was also blocking homepages for some of its forces on Tuesday and until Friday when the decision would be reconsidered.

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The scene of the crash in which 17-year-old settlement activist Ahuvia Sandak was killed

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In the aftermath of the fatal crash in which 17-year-old Ahuvya Sandak was killed, protests erupted in several locations on the West Bank where settlers laid stones at security forces.

Palestinian vehicles were also damaged near the city of Hebron and in the north West Bank causing injuries in at least one incident.

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Jerusalem police arrest demonstrator complains about the death of settlement activist Ahuvia Sandak on Monday

(Photo: Shalev Shalom)

Later that same evening, there is a 17-year-old Palestine opened fire on police troops att at one of the entrances to Mount Temple. He was shot and killed. An initial investigation revealed that he entered Israel illegally. An Arab citizen of Israel was arrested and his car seized in connection with the attack.

In an incident earlier last Saturday, a Palestinian man attacked a fire of an IDF soldier from the Golani Brigade. The soldier, who was not injured, did not respond to the attack and Palestine was recaptured.

פיגוע בירושלים: מחבל ניסה לירות, שוטרים ירו בופיגוע בירושלים: מחבל ניסה לירות, שוטרים ירו בו

Police forces at the site of a shooting attack in Jerusalem’s Old Town on Monday

(Photo: Gil Yohanan)

The soldier was fired from his unit for what the military considered an inappropriate response to an immediate threat.

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