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Israel army kills Palestinian teen in Bethlehem: ministry
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories, July 23, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Israeli
soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West
Bank overnight, the Palestinian health ministry said on Monday.
Arkan Mizher, 15, was shot in the chest during clashes in Dheisheh refugee
camp in Bethlehem, in the southern West Bank, the ministry said.
His funeral was due to take place later Monday.
The Israeli army said its forces had entered the camp and arrested two
people suspected of “terror activity”.
“During the operation, a violent riot was instigated in which Palestinians
hurled rocks and threw firebombs and grenades at (Israeli) soldiers,” the
army said in a statement.
Soldiers fired live rounds at the protesters, the statement added.
The camp is in a part of the West Bank supposedly under full Palestinian
control but the Israeli army regularly carries out raids in such areas.
It says the operations are necessary to arrest suspects, but they often
spark violent clashes with young Palestinians.
BSS/AFP/GMR/1148 hrs