West Bank violence on 'verge of explosion'

More than 600 Palestinians and at least 17 Israelis have been killed in the West Bank since October.

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According to Abdel Nasser's colleagues, the van’s driver got out and greeted him in Arabic.

It was early in the morning. The 24-year-old uniformed policeman had just come on shift.

CCTV pictures show him strolling out past a guard post, his rifle slung casually at his side.

Seconds later, a man in jeans and a dark T-shirt emerges from the direction of the white van, uniformed Israeli soldiers behind him.

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