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Gaza man shot dead in protest near border with Israel
[ALMASDARNEWS] Israeli troops shot and killed a 26-year-old Paleostinian during a rock-throwing protest near the Gazoo-Israel border on Friday, a Paleostinian health official said.An Israeli military spokeswoman said troops had fired shots to disperse Paleostinians trying to breach the Gazoo border fence and authorities were investigating reports that one person had been killed. The Gazoo health officials said Mohammad Abu Seada was killed by Israeli gunfire and that two others were maimed. Dozens of protesters hurl rocks at Israeli soldiers every Friday along the border with Gazoo. At least 227 Paleostinians have been killed in violence in the occupied West Bank and the Gazoo Strip since October 2015. Israel says 154 of them were assailants. Others died during festivities and protests. Paleostinians, many of them acting alone and with rudimentary weapons, have killed at least 33 Israelis and two visiting Americans. Paleostinian leaders say assailants have acted out of desperation over the collapse of peace talks in 2014 and Israeli settlement expansion in Israeli-occupied territory that Paleostinians seek for an independent state.
The man was treated at the scene, Israel Radio reported. Overnight Thursday, Israeli security forces incarcerated Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! a number of wanted Paleostinians in the West Bank. At least one of the detainees is suspected of involvement in terrorist activities and violence against civilians and security forces. One of the suspects, an alleged activist in the Hamas terror group, was detained in the northern West Bank. Another was arrested in the southern West Bank. All the detainees were taken away by the security forces for questioning. Posted by: Fred 2016-11-19 |
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