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

Record ID: 149430

  • Title: ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/FUNERAL Funeral held for Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers
  • Date: 23rd July 2015
  • Summary: BEIT UMMAR, WEST BANK (JULY 23, 2015) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIANS AT FUNERAL, WAVING FLAGS OF PALESTINIAN POLITICAL FACTIONS PEOPLE CARRYING BODY ON STRETCHER / CHANTING (Arabic): "GOD IS GREAT" VARIOUS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION STUN GRENADES EXPLODING / PALESTINIAN YOUTHS RUNNING AWAY / ISRAELI SOLDIERS AT SCENE PALESTINIAN YOUTHS THROWING STONES TOWARD SOLD
  • Embargoed: 7th August 2015 13:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVACCY772HFYKVTQR3PIQFBVLMC
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Hundreds of people attended the funeral of a Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers on Thursday (July 23) during a raid in a house in the occupied West Bank.
    Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli soldiers during the funeral. The soldiers responded with stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowd.
    An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers were attacked by a mob while trying to arrest a suspect in the village of Beit Ummar and opened fire on the main attacker.
    As the forces left the scene, the spokeswoman said, they were attacked once more by a mob hurling rocks and bricks and "responded to the assaults with fire towards the main instigator."
    Two other Palestinians were wounded by the soldiers.
    A Palestinian doctor in a Hebron hospital said a 52-year-old man had been shot and killed and two of his sons were wounded. The doctor identified the man as Falah Abu Maria.
    Yusuf abu Maria, an anti-Israeli settlement activist in the town, said there had not been any clashes and that the shooting took place inside a house.
    On Wednesday, a Palestinian was killed in a separate arrest raid when clashes erupted with residents.
    An advisor to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the killings.
    "The goal of the Israeli government is to hit the stability of the Palestinian situation. We reject and condemn it. The continuation of the killing in the Palestinian Territories is a crime which will not be ignored," said Nabil Abu Rudeineh.
    Israeli troops enter Palestinian-controlled territory frequently to detain people suspected of militant activity. The Palestinians condemn this practice as an encroachment on the limited self-rule they hold in parts of the West Bank.
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