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Palestinian teen shot dead while throwing rocks
2016-02-11
[IsraelTimes] Soldiers fired on youth who was lobbing stones at cars near Hebron, IDF says; witnesses say troops used live fire

A Paleostinian teenager who was allegedly pelting cars and IDF troops with rocks in the southern West Bank was shot and reportedly killed by soldiers on Wednesday afternoon.

The Paleostinian Health Ministry identified the teen as Omar Jawabreh, 16, of the al-Aroub refugee camp north of Hebron. He was shot in the chest and died of his wounds in a Hebron hospital, the Paleostinian Ma'an news agency reported.

While the IDF did not confirm Jawabreh's death, it said soldiers engaged Paleostinians who were throwing rocks at civilian vehicles on Road 60, the north-south thoroughfare in the central West Bank.

"During routine IDF security activity, forces spotted assailants hurling rocks at civilian vehicles on Route 60, adjacent to al-Aroub," an IDF spokesperson said in a statement.

"Forces responded to the immediate threat and fired toward one of the attackers," the statement said.

Locals told Ma'an that IDF troops employed both live fire and rubber bullets in responding to the rioters.

The army spokesperson said the incident would be investigated.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  I suspect a chronic Rantburger is working along those lines. The first experiments are likely to be very negative.
Posted by: Shipman   2016-02-11 18:13  

#3  Or genetically modified Paleostinians that act like civilized people.
Posted by: SteveS   2016-02-11 16:44  

#2  Maybe Israel could invent an automatic rock returner.
Posted by: gorb   2016-02-11 16:27  

#1  Boy howdy them witnesses are really on the ball; not many folks get kilt with other than 'live fire.'

Wonder if they are related to Bernie supporters?
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2016-02-11 11:28  

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