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| Two Palestinian teens said killed in West Bank clashes with IDF |
| 2022-10-08 |
| [IsraelTimes] PA health ministry says boy, 15, was shot in head with live bullets; army says troops opened fire after he hurled Molotov cocktail at them near northern West Bank town of Qalqilya. Two Paleostinian teens were killed in festivities with the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank on Friday, the Paleostinian Health Ministry said. A 15-year-old Paleostinian was rubbed out during festivities that broke out during a weekly northern West Bank protest against the expropriation of land for Israeli settlements. The IDF said its troops opened fire after the boy hurled a Molotov cocktail at troops stationed near the West Bank security fence surrounding the Paleostinian town of Qalqilya. The teen was later identified as Adel Daoud, a resident of Qalqilya. Over a dozen other Paleostinians were maimed in the festivities, Arabic media reported. The IDF said none of its troops were maimed. Paleostinians from the nearby town of Kafr Qaddum have for years been holding near-weekly protests against Israel’s expropriation of land that had historically belonged to their town, but has since become part of the borders of the nearby settlement of Kedumim. Israel often cites security concerns in justifying such moves, saying they help separate Israeli and Paleostinian populations in the West Bank, while Paleostinians say it is part of a policy to slowly eat away at their land and harm farmers who rely on the agricultural lands in order to make a living. In a second incident, 17-year-old Mahdi Ladadweh, was reported shot and killed during festivities in a village northwest of Ramallah. The army had no immediate comment on the incident. The Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy said 50 Paleostinians were maimed in festivities in the village of Al Mazraa al-Gharbiya near Ramallah, as the Israeli army fired live rounds, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse demonstrators. Crowds of Paleostinians gathered outside the Ramallah hospital where Ladadweh was pronounced dead, chanting against Israel. Paleostinian media quoted residents saying that the festivities with Israeli security forces erupted as dozens of Paleostinians in Al Mazraa al-Gharbiya came out to protest incursions and attacks on the village by Israeli settlers. Friday’s festivities unfolded during a months-long period of raised tensions in the West Bank. Hours earlier, the IDF announced the arrest of a Paleostinian suspected of attempting to carry out a pair of attacks in the territory, including placing an bomb at a gas station. The Nablus resident was one of five terror suspects arrested in overnight raids throughout the West Bank. The IDF and police have been 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. Related: Qalqilya: 2022-09-21 Police say ‘terror’ behind murder of 84-year-old woman in Holon, suspect at large Qalqilya: 2022-08-21 Gunfire hits crowded Israeli bus in West Bank; IDF launches manhunt Qalqilya: 2022-08-18 Palestinian Authority said to nab 2 Islamic Jihad members with 17 kg of explosives |
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