killing of Rabbi Meir Hai was an attack carried out by Palestinian Fatah militants on 24 December 2009 in the West Bank .. Today: 2009 killing of Israeli settler by Palestinian militants in the West Bank, Palestine On 24 December 2009, three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a vehicle near Shavei Shomron in the West Bank , killing an Israeli settler.. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Background; The militants; Initial statements”.
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2009 killing of Israeli settler by Palestinian militants in the West Bank, Palestine On 24 December 2009, three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a vehicle near Shavei Shomron in the West Bank , killing an Israeli settler. The Imad Mughniyeh Group, a little-known affiliate of the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades , the armed wing of the Fatah party, claimed responsibility for the attack.
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The killing of Rabbi Meir Hai was an attack carried out by Palestinian Fatah militants on 24 December 2009 in the West Bank .
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killing of Rabbi Meir Hai was an attack carried out by Palestinian Fatah militants on 24 December 2009 in the West Bank .. Today: 2009 killing of Israeli settler by Palestinian militants in the West Bank, Palestine On 24 December 2009, three Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a vehicle near Shavei Shomron in the West Bank , killing an Israeli settler.. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Background; The militants; Initial statements”. Read the current article and compare.
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