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Israel Fires At Palestinian Stone Throwers, Teen Said Killed

In the ongoing war between Israel and Palestine, A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli forces.

Israel Fires At Palestinian Stone Throwers, Teen Said Killed
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A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli forces early Saturday in the occupied West Bank after soldiers opened fire at stone-throwing Palestinians, according to Israeli and Palestinian officials.


바카라 웹사이트The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said that Mohammed Abdallah Hamed was wounded by Israeli gunfire near the city of Ramallah and then taken away by Israeli forces.바카라 웹사이트


바카라 웹사이트It said the teen died in Israeli custody, and that the army was expected to release the body later Saturday.


바카라 웹사이트The Israeli military said soldiers had fired at a group of Palestinians who were throwing stones along the main highway. It confirmed shooting one person but gave no further details on his condition or whereabouts.


바카라 웹사이트Recent months have seen a rise in deadly violence in the West Bank. The military has carried out near-daily raids following a series of attacks inside Israel that killed 19 Israelis, with several attackers coming from the northern West Bank town of Jenin.


바카라 웹사이트Several dozen Palestinians have been killed in Israeli military raids. Most of the dead were alleged to have opened fire on Israeli forces or hurled stones or firebombs at them. The dead also includes two apparent passers-by.


바카라 웹사이트Nearly 500,000 Israeli settlers live in more than 130 settlements scattered across the West Bank, many of which are fully built up and now resemble suburbs or small towns.바카라 웹사이트


바카라 웹사이트Nearly 3 million Palestinians live in the West Bank under Israeli military rule.


바카라 웹사이트Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Mideast war and the Palestinians want it to be the main part of their future state.바카라 웹사이트


바카라 웹사이트Israel views the West Bank as the biblical and historical heartland of the Jewish people. Every government, including the current one, has expanded settlements.


바카라 웹사이트The Palestinians and much of the international community view the settlements as a violation of international law and an obstacle to peace because they absorb and divide up the land on which a future Palestinian state would be established.

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