"Israel" Kills WB Teenager, Injures Father, Arrests Brother

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The "Israeli" army killed Wednesday a Palestinian teenager in al-Khalil's [Hebron] Old City in the southern West Bank.

Locals identified the martyr as 16-year-old Muhammad Ziad Awad Salaymah.
A local doctor, hearing shots fired, rushed to the Salaymah neighborhood, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, but was unable to revive the teenager.
In an interview with Maan, the doctor clarified that "local women were arguing with "Israeli" forces who were preventing them from reaching Salaymah."
"I followed the women, and when I felt his pulse, I found that he was dead," the doctor said.

In an attempt to cover the crime, "Israeli" army claimed that the martyr "appeared to be carrying a fake pistol."
"Initial findings are that he had a fake pistol that he pointed at the officers at the time of the incident," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld stated.

Meanwhile, Palestinian medics said the body had not been transferred to hospital late Wednesday.
The shooting led to angry confrontations between Palestinians and "Israeli" soldiers, who deployed to the area in large numbers firing tear gas and stun grenades.
Salaymah's brother was detained and his father was hospitalized with moderate injuries, witnesses added.

Two other Palestinians have been martyred in al-Khalil (Hebron) in clashes with "Israelis" in the past month.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org