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Israel vows major West Bank operation after attack kills 2 troops

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Tel Aviv — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that he had ordered a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and told troops to cordon off a large city in the territory after a shooting attack by two Palestinian men that killed two soldiers.

The Israeli military said forces killed the Palestinian gunmen after they opened fire at a junction near the West Bank city of Hebron. The military later confirmed that two soldiers, Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, were killed in the attack, while three others were lightly injured.

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Ebola patient in Nigeria did not visit DR Congo, escalating concern over spread of virus

Switzerland says patient is wife of Swiss diplomat and believed to have contracted virus while travelling in Uganda An Ebola patient in Nigeria is a Swiss woman who has not travelled to the epicentre of the current outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo and is believed to have contracted the virus while travelling ⁠with her husband in Uganda, the Swiss foreign ministry has said. The new information contradicts accounts from Uganda, which previously said the woman had travelled to eastern DR Congo, and will raise concerns about the ability of…

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