The Grand Rapids Press · Grand Rapids, Michigan · 21 June 2023
CP-2023-038
Palestinian opens fire at West Bank gas station
At least 4 are killed in the attack, claimed by Hamas.
Isabel Debre, Associated Press
Transcribed from the clipping
“A Palestinian attacker opened fire at a gas station near an Israeli settlement in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing at least four people… The Hamas militant organization claimed both assailants as members… The surge in violence has killed 128 Palestinians and 24 people on the Israeli side so far this year, according to a tally by the Associated Press… Palestinian health officials identified the man as 24-year-old Khaled Sabah…”
Context added by this archive
The attacker is named; the four people killed at the gas station are not, because their identities had not been released. The running tally is 128 and 24.
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"Palestinian opens fire at West Bank gas station," The Grand Rapids Press, 21 June 2023, p. 1. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2023-038. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2023-038
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