IDF says soldier stopped Carabinieri in West Bank, not a settler
Israel
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) said Tuesday that it was a soldier, not a settler, who stopped two Italian Carabinieri officials at gunpoint in the West Bank on Sunday in an incident that led Italy to summon the Israeli ambassador to Rome. "A soldier spotted a vehicle heading to the community of Sde Ephraim along a route closed to civilian traffic and designated as a closed military zone,' the IDF said. "The soldier classified the vehicle as suspicious. Because the diplomatic license
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