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Despite insisting that his decision to withhold millions of shekels from Arab local authorities and East Jerusalem students, Bezalel Smotrich appears to have caved under pressure from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The same officer faced prior accusations of assault and excessive force, though the cases were later closed. He was temporarily suspended from active duty pending investigation but was subsequently spotted in operations against anti-overhaul protestors

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The two were killed in an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and residents after a truck belonging to the heavily armed Shiite group overturned

The unnamed officer, who fired the sponge-tipped bullet that killed the 16-year-old outside her Sheikh Jarrah home, will be indicted for aggravated assault and the negligent use of a firearm

Report names fatality as Amir Khalifa, who had been on the Israeli military's wanted list for several months