(Maariv International-Ha'aretz) Uri Glickman - A Palestinian who claimed he was beaten by IDF soldiers manning the Beit Fouriq checkpoint has admitted fabricating the accusations, defense officials said. The Palestinian was trying to leave the West Bank city of Nablus in a car owned by an Israeli Arab. Soldiers manning the checkpoint found him hiding in the vehicle and attempted to arrest him. He tried to resist arrest and started running wild, attacking soldiers. On Sunday, in an earlier incident at a checkpoint near Nablus, an IDF soldier beat and shot a Palestinian for calling him a "liar." IDF officials called the incident severe, and military police investigating it believe the soldier ignored procedures and fired a weapon unnecessarily. According to the IDF, following that incident, "Palestinians are trying to libel the army by fabricating stories of military brutality."
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