Palestinian Teen Killed Amid Protests Against Arson Attack
Tensions are boiling after a sleeping toddler was burned to death in the West Bank.
Posted: 08/01/2015 09:28 AM EDT
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Palestinian health
officials say an 18-year-old protester shot by Israeli troops has died
of his wounds.
Ahmad Betawi, the director of the Ramallah
hospital, says Laith al-Khaldi died Saturday after being shot in the
chest the previous day during a demonstration over the killing of a
Palestinian toddler by suspected Jewish extremists.
The Israeli military says it shot al-Khaldi near Ramallah after he hurled a fire bomb at them.
Tensions remain high after suspected Jewish
assailants set fire to a West Bank home and burned the sleeping
Palestinian toddler to death. The attack drew Palestinian anger and
widespread Israeli condemnation.
About 2,000 Palestinian protesters clashed with
Israeli security forces in the West Bank city of Hebron. Israel fears
the incident could spark wider unrest and has called for calm.
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