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The Day · Friday 6 November 2026

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Two Palestinians hit in the head by rubber-coated bullets at village gate, sources say

They were trying to cross the iron gate that has long sealed the road between Ras Karkar and Kharbatha Bani Harith, local sources told WAFA.

A long yellow metal road gate across a dirt road beside concrete blocks, a man standing behind it, dry hills and a power pylon in the distance.
A yellow metal gate closing the road between Surif and al-Jab’a in the West Bank, June 2011. Archive photo. Photo: Palestine Solidarity Project via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Israeli forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets at two Palestinians late on Tuesday as they tried to cross the iron gate separating the lands of Ras Karkar, west of Ramallah, from the neighbouring village of Kharbatha Bani Harith, hitting both in the head, local sources told WAFA. They were taken to Ramallah for treatment.

The sources said Israeli forces have kept the road between the two villages closed with the gate for a long time, barring vehicles and forcing residents to take detours or cross on foot.

Update · Source: WAFA (English), 6 Nov, 00:10 · also 1

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