Questions over Israeli shooting

Doctors say Palestinians killed at protest were shot by live rounds but Israel denies this.

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The Israeli government denies its soldiers used live ammunition during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank on Saturday.

The army issued a statement saying its soldiers only fired rubber coated steel bullets against what they described as a “violent and illegal riot” in the village.

However, men died when they were hit by what doctors say were live rounds.

Israel reportedly plans to launch an investigation.

Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh reports from Iraq Burin, in the occupied West Bank

Source: Al Jazeera