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| Palestinian yoot said killed in clashes with IDF troops in West Bank |
| 2016-08-17 |
| [IsraelTimes] PA medical officials say Mohammed Abu Hashash, 17, dies of wounds sustained in riot against soldiers during operation to uncover weapons near Hebron A Paleostinian teenager maimed during festivities with Israeli troops in the southern West Bank on Tuesday died of his wounds, according to Paleostinian medical officials. "Mohammed Abu Hashash, 17, died after he was shot in the chest during festivities with [Israeli forces] in the Fawwar camp," the Paleostinian health ministry said in a statement. Earlier Paleostinian medical officials said some 35 Paleostinians were maimed in the festivities in the al-Fawar refugee camp, as the IDF carried out an overnight operation to uncover weapons and ammunition. The Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy said live fire struck about 10 people after rioters threw large rocks at Israeli troops. It says the 25 others were struck by rubber bullets. The IDF said its forces were on an overnight operation "to uncover weaponry" in the camp, when "dozens of Paleostinians hurled IEDs (improvised bombs), blocks and rocks" at them. The troops "responded with riot dispersal means and fired 0.22 caliber bullets toward main instigators," an IDF spokeswoman said, adding that the troops had found "two improvised handguns, other weapons and ammunition." The military said it fired toward the riot’s main instigators to try to prevent escalation. The festivities continued until around noon, an AFP photographer reported. The army closed off the Fawar camp for 26 days last month after a gunman belonging to a Hamas, the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood, terror cell fired on a car carrying an Israeli family on a nearby West Bank road, causing the vehicle to crash. The driver, Rabbi Miki Mark from Otniel, was killed and his wife and two children were maimed in the attack. |
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