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| Israel soldier 'abducted and killed' in West Bank | Israel soldier 'abducted and killed' in West Bank |
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| An Israeli soldier has been abducted and killed by a Palestinian man in the West Bank, the Israeli military says. | An Israeli soldier has been abducted and killed by a Palestinian man in the West Bank, the Israeli military says. |
| The soldier was seized on Friday and his body found near the town of Qalqiliya on Saturday, a military spokesman told the AFP news agency. | The soldier was seized on Friday and his body found near the town of Qalqiliya on Saturday, a military spokesman told the AFP news agency. |
| A suspect has been arrested. The Israeli prime minister's spokesman named him on Twitter as Nidal Ammer, 42, who worked with the soldier. | |
| The West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967. | |
| Israeli officials said the suspect confessed to abducting and killing the soldier in the hope that he could trade the body in exchange for the release of his imprisoned brother. | |
| Israel's internal security agency, Shin Bet, told the Associated Press (AP) the soldier's body was found in a well in a Palestinian village near the city of Qalqiliya in the northern West Bank. |