WEST BANK: Residents of Qabatya attend the funeral procession for man shot dead by Israeli troops during an earlier clash

Record ID: 564715

  • Title: WEST BANK: Residents of Qabatya attend the funeral procession for man shot dead by Israeli troops during an earlier clash
  • Date: 31st October 2013
  • Summary: MAN CRYING AT MORGUE MEN OUTSIDE MORGUE CHILD CRYING VARIOUS OF FUNERAL PROCESSION PEOPLE CHANTING 'ALLAHU AKBAR' VARIOUS OF WOMEN CRYING MORE OF FUNERAL PEOPLE CHANTING FOR REVENGE MORE OF FUNERAL PROCESSION
  • Embargoed: 15th November 2013 12:00
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  • Location: West bank
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  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: General,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA8PJK8ZUE65YLU8ISONZM1QAA4
  • Story Text: Dozens of Palestinians joined the funeral procession on Thursday (October 31) for a 21-year-old Palestinian man earlier shot and killed by Israeli troops in the village of Qabatya in the West Bank.
    Israeli troops shot dead the Palestinian during a clash in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian witnesses and medical officials said.
    An Israeli military spokeswoman said the soldiers had been on an overnight raid in a village near the city of Jenin, when about 50 Palestinians started hurling rocks at them.
    Ahmed Imad Yusef, 21, was shot in the chest during the confrontation, medical workers said. Locals said Yusef was not a militant and worked in a vegetable market.
    The military spokeswoman said reports of a Palestinian casualty were being investigated.
    Violence has been on the rise in recent weeks in the West Bank. Seven other Palestinians have been shot dead in the territory by Israeli troops and three Israelis have been killed since Israeli-Palestinian peace talks resumed in July.
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