After Palestinian outlets and Israeli left-wing outlets reported on Tuesday that two Palestinians were killed by an IDF soldier in the Shomron, other Israeli media outlets reported the real story.

An Israeli security source said that the two Palestinians had thrown stones at a vehicle in a village near Ramallah. According to the source, an IDF reservist was in the vehicle, and he opened fire in response to the stone-throwing.

A violent Arab riot ensued, and the IDF deployed troops to the area to restore order.

Jewish residents in nearby yishuv have complained about a recent escalation in stone-throwing attacks by Palestinians. The residents said that there were four incidents of Arabs throwing rocks at Jewish drivers in the past day alone.

In one incident, the security coordinator of the yishuv of Evyatar was attacked by dozens of Palestinians who hurled stones at him.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)