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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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1 of 5. Israeli border police officers detain a Palestinian stone-thrower during clashes in the Shuafat refugee camp in the West Bank near Jerusalem March 20, 2010.

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NABLUS, West Bank | Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:30pm EDT

NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian youth was killed by Israel troops and another was seriously wounded on Saturday during a clash in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian hospital officials said.

The youths had been taking part in a demonstration in which stones were thrown at Israeli soldiers near the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said the 16-year-old was killed by Israeli gunfire.

The Israeli military said the soldiers did not fire live ammunition, but used riot control weapons such as teargas and rubber bullets to disperse the Palestinians who were approaching a nearby Jewish settlement.

The fatality was the first in a string of clashes that erupted this week in protest of Israel's consecration of an ancient synagogue in the Old City of Jerusalem and would likely increase tensions.

The Hamas Islamist group and Palestinian officials affiliated with its rival, moderate Fatah movement have said the restoration work at the ancient Hurva synagogue in the Jewish Quarter of the walled Old City endangered al-Asqa mosque, situated some 400 meters (yards) away.

(Reporting by Hassan Titi; Editing by Alison Williams)
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mohammedsadevil wrote:
Where are the parents of these kids? They ought to be arrested for negligence. You don’t throw stones at people period. Not a hard concept to teach your children.

Mar 20, 2010 2:31pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Story_Burn wrote:
mohammedsadevil, right on….so much of what goes on in the middle east is simply crazy, out of mind stuff

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badenheim wrote:
Where are the parents of these Israelis? They ought to be arrested for negligence. You don’t evict people from their ancestral homelands and occupy their homes period. Not a hard concept to teach your children.

Mar 20, 2010 5:14pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
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