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JERUSALEM — Israeli security forces fatally shot a 19-year-old Palestinian during clashes early Tuesday in the southern West Bank town of Dura, according to Palestinian officials, raising tensions in the volatile area.JERUSALEM — Israeli security forces fatally shot a 19-year-old Palestinian during clashes early Tuesday in the southern West Bank town of Dura, according to Palestinian officials, raising tensions in the volatile area.
The dead youth was identified as Muataz Idris Sharawneh, a student at a Palestinian Authority security academy in Jericho.The dead youth was identified as Muataz Idris Sharawneh, a student at a Palestinian Authority security academy in Jericho.
A spokeswoman for the Israeli military said that the Israeli forces were carrying out a routine overnight activity in Dura, southwest of Hebron, when clashes broke out. She said that a group of Palestinians hurled rocks at the soldiers and that, according to initial evidence, a few of them began to climb on to one of the military vehicles. After ignoring warnings to retreat and undeterred by riot dispersal means, she said,soldiers fired at one of the suspects. The spokeswoman was speaking on the condition of anonymity under army rules. A spokeswoman for the Israeli military said that the Israeli forces were carrying out a routine overnight activity in Dura, southwest of Hebron, when clashes broke out. She said that a group of Palestinians hurled rocks at the soldiers and that, according to initial evidence, a few of them began to climb on to one of the military vehicles. After the suspects ignored warnings to retreat and were undeterred by riot dispersal means, she said, soldiers fired at one of them. The spokeswoman was speaking on the condition of anonymity under army rules.
Dr. Walid Zuloum, the director of the Palestinian government hospital in Hebron, where Mr. Sharawneh was taken, told the official Palestinian news agency Wafa that he had been shot with an expanding bullet that entered his back and lodged in his chest and that he was then run over.Dr. Walid Zuloum, the director of the Palestinian government hospital in Hebron, where Mr. Sharawneh was taken, told the official Palestinian news agency Wafa that he had been shot with an expanding bullet that entered his back and lodged in his chest and that he was then run over.
The Palestinian Authority governor of the Hebron district, Kamel Hmeid, told Voice of Palestine radio that the Israeli military had carried out 200 raids in the area over the past six months, accusing the military of provocation.The Palestinian Authority governor of the Hebron district, Kamel Hmeid, told Voice of Palestine radio that the Israeli military had carried out 200 raids in the area over the past six months, accusing the military of provocation.
The military refused to detail the purpose of its overnight activity in Dura but military officials have spoken generally of a rise in tensions in the West Bank since late 2012, with an increase in stone throwing and firebomb attacks against Israeli vehicles on West Bank roads. The military refused to describe the purpose of its overnight activity in Dura but military officials have spoken generally of a rise in tensions in the West Bank since late 2012, with an increase in stone-throwing and firebomb attacks against Israeli vehicles on West Bank roads.
Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, the commander of the Israeli forces in the West Bank, said last month that Secretary of State John Kerry’s intensive efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks had some positive influence on the ground in recent weeks. But he warned that failure to resume the talks could lead to an escalation in violence.Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon, the commander of the Israeli forces in the West Bank, said last month that Secretary of State John Kerry’s intensive efforts to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks had some positive influence on the ground in recent weeks. But he warned that failure to resume the talks could lead to an escalation in violence.
At least nine Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank this year, mostly in clashes with Israeli soldiers. In April, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli settler to death in the West Bank, the first such killing in the area in more than a year.At least nine Palestinians have been killed by Israeli security forces in the West Bank this year, mostly in clashes with Israeli soldiers. In April, a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli settler to death in the West Bank, the first such killing in the area in more than a year.