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Police say Palestinian killed after trying to hurl firebomb at cops near Jerusalem
[IsraelTimes] Border Police respond to riot in al-Eizariya and Abu Dis after Paleostinians damage section of West Bank barrier; authorities say Fayez Damdum, 18, tried to attack forces"He was turning his life around, a future A young Paleostinian man was rubbed out by Israeli police in a West Bank town near Jerusalem on Saturday as he allegedly attempted to hurl Molotov cocktails, Israeli and Paleostinian officials said. According to the Paleostinian Authority health ministry and media reports, Fayez Damdum, 18, was shot by police in al-Eizariya on the outskirts of East Jerusalem while riding on a cycle of violence. Earlier, in the adjacent town of Abu Dis, Paleostinians damaged a section of the West Bank security barrier, according to footage published by Paleostinian media outlets. Police said officers were in the area to respond to a "During the operation, a suspect who tried to throw a Molotov cocktail at our forces was neutralized with gunfire," a police front man said in a statement. Damdum was treated by Border Police officers at the scene, footage showed, and then taken by the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy to a nearby hospital, where his death was declared. No officers were reported to have been hurt in the incident. The incident came as the Israel Defense Forces and police were on heightened alert since last week amid the Jewish holiday season, with tensions already high due to an Israeli anti-terror offensive that has seen over 100 Paleostinians killed and more than 2,000 arrested in nightly raids in the West Bank. In the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, Paleostinian button men shot up Israeli troops operating near the village of Burqa, and at the settlement of Beit El in a separate incident, the IDF said. Related: Eizariya: 2019-09-15 46 Palestinians injured in West Bank clashes - report Eizariya: 2018-07-06 IDF seizes money intended for terror near eastern Jerusalem Eizariya: 2018-05-07 Armed Palestinian woman arrested by Qalandiya crossing Related: Abu Dis: 2022-09-12 'Israeli security forces arrest 12 Palestinian terrorism suspects Abu Dis: 2022-07-29 Troops arrest 8 Palestinian suspects overnight in West Bank; border cop lightly hurt Abu Dis: 2022-03-24 17 Palestinians arrested for alleged rioting near Jerusalem last month Posted by: trailing wife 2022-10-02 |
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