ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FUNERAL Funeral held for Palestinian killed by Israeli officer

Record ID: 148534

  • Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FUNERAL Funeral held for Palestinian killed by Israeli officer
  • Date: 3rd July 2015
  • Summary: QALANDIYA REFUGEE CAMP, WEST BANK (JULY 3, 2015) (REUTERS) PALESTINIANS GATHERING FOR FUNERAL PALESTINIANS HOLDING FATAH FLAGS FATAH FLAGS VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS WALKING IN FUNERAL PROCESSION / MASKED GUNMAN FIRING IN AIR VARIOUS OF BODY WRAPPED IN FATAH AND PALESTINIAN FLAGS BEING CARRIED IN FUNERAL PROCESSION
  • Embargoed: 18th July 2015 13:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAHD78QJGMDVZCSX2X9FKOEZBF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds attended the funeral of a Palestinian youth who was shot dead by an Israeli army officer in the West Bank on Friday (July 3).
    The senior Israeli army officer shot and killed the youth who was throwing stones near a checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.
    A Palestinian witness and an Israeli military spokeswoman said the Palestinian was among a group throwing stones at an army vehicle near Qalandiya checkpoint.
    The witness said the army vehicle stopped and soldiers got out and fired at the youth.
    A hospital official in Ramallah identified the youth as 17-year-old Mohammed Sami al-Ksbeh. The hospital official said Ksbeh had been shot in the head and chest.
    The military spokeswoman said the Palestinian was hurling rocks at the vehicle from close range and that the soldiers inside were in immediate danger. She said warning shots were fired in the air before Ksbeh was shot at directly.
    Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Lerner confirmed that an Israeli colonel, a brigade commander in the West Bank, had shot Ksbeh. Israeli media published photos of the colonel's vehicle with a smashed windscreen, which they said was hit by the thrown stones.
    While there is a widespread presence of Israeli troops and military police throughout the West Bank, it is rare for a senior officer to be involved in a shooting incident. The army said the military police was investigating the shooting.
    It is the latest in a string of fatal incidents in the West Bank in recent weeks, with casualties on both sides. Tensions have escalated during Ramadan and in the run up to the anniversary of the war in Gaza last July and August.
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