FACT CHECK · WEST BANK
Claim: Rocks thrown at cars on West Bank roads
TRUETHE ANSWER
Rocks kill. 2011: Asher Palmer and his baby son Yonatan died when a rock hit their car near Kiryat Arba. A military court convicted the thrower of murder in 2013 and gave two life terms.
SOURCE
Times of Israel / Jewish Press reports on the Palmer case, 2011-13; Wikipedia, 'Murder of Asher and Yonatan Palmer'
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