[IsraelTimes] PA medical sources say protester rubbed out in festivities near Hebron; 3 others said hurt in Gazoo riots
Paleostinian was rubbed out by IDF troops on Friday evening as he tried to snatch a soldier's weapon near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
The man was identified as a 23-year-old from the village of Budrus, Army Radio said.
The Paleostinian Health Ministry statement announced "the death of a young man, Lafi Yusuf Awad, 22 years old, from the village of Budrus in the district of Ramallah, by a bullet from Israeli forces." It made no mention of the attempted theft of the gun.
Earlier in the day, a Paleostinian was rubbed out in festivities with troops in Hebron, hospital sources said.
Hassan al-Bo, 21, died in hospital after he was shot by live ammunition, an official at al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron said. He was said to be a resident of Halhul, a village north of Hebron.
Also Friday, a Paleostinian teenager in Hebron succumbed to his wounds after being shot by troops in festivities Thursday.
According to Israeli media, Paleostinians were rioting in several locations across the West Bank late Friday. Aside from Hebron, there were disturbances near Ramallah, Tulkarm, Qalqilya, Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem and at several West Bank junctions.
In the Gazoo Strip, Paleostinians confronted IDF troops near the coastal plain's northern and southern borders with Israel. According to Paleostinian sources, three people were maimed in the festivities.
More than 200 Paleostinians were treated during festivities on Friday, the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy said, the majority after inhaling tear gas.
The fighting in Hebron occurred as two Paleostinians carried out a deadly terror attack south of the city, near the settlement of Otniel. Two Israelis -- a man in his 40s and his teenage son -- were killed in the attack, and five other family members were maimed by gunfire or treated for shock. 
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