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Palestinian girl shot dead by settlers

Reports say that a Palestinian girl has been shot dead by Jewish settlers who were attacking homes in the West Bank city of Hebron.

Eight-year-old Neveen Jamjoum was shot at the front door of her house, her mother told the Reuters news agency.

The settlers were returning from the funeral of an Israeli soldier shot dead by a Palestinian gunmen near Hebron on Friday.

A Jewish settler couple and one of their ten children were also killed in the ambush.