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The Israeli military says its soldiers opened fire on Thursday in response to "confrontations and rock-hurling" directed at them.

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Hasina's state-appointed defence lawyer argues that the police were forced to open fire in response to violent actions from the protesters.

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Israeli forces shot dead an 11-year-old boy in the occupied West Bank, his family and health officials said Friday, while the army said its troops opened fire at rock throwers.

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Israel's military, which still controls more than half the territory, has said that it opens fire to remove threats to its troops.

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The assembled fighters then opened fire on the bound men, who fell to the ground.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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