(Ha'aretz/Jerusalem Post) Amos Harel and Arnon Regular - A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in Balata near Nablus when a Palestinian armed with an automatic rifle opened fire on an IDF jeep, mortally injuring the boy with a stray bullet. Soldiers in the jeep did not return fire. On Friday, a Palestinian terrorist was killed in Balata when an explosion occurred in the vehicle he was driving. Palestinian sources confirmed that the explosion was the result of a "work accident," saying the militant had an explosives belt at the time of the blast.
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