Palestinian youth killed during Israeli raid in al-Duheisha refugee camp
July 14, 2017 9:26 A.M. (Updated: July 14, 2017 11:55 A.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An 18-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces during a detention raid in the al-Duheisha refugee camp in the southern occupied West Bank district of Bethlehem on Friday morning.
The Palestinian Red Crescent told Ma’an that the teenager succumbed in the hospital to wounds sustained in his upper body, after Israeli forces raided the refugee camp seeking to detain two residents.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the slain youth as Baraa Hamamda.
Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces detained Muhammad Ubeid and Muath Abu Nassar during the raid, adding that they then fired live bullets, tear gas, and stun grenades at al-Duheisha residents.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that during a detention raid in al-Duheisha, Palestinians threw “explosive devices and blocks” at Israeli forces, who fired towards the youth.
They added that the army was “examining... reports of a casualty.”
Despite stating that the army had raided al-Duheisha to carry out detentions, the spokesperson said they did not have information about the two detentions in the refugee camp, and said that they would look into the reports.