Israeli Troops Shoot Dead a Palestinian at West Bank Funeral
April 11, 2015
AFP - Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man in the West Bank on
Friday when they opened fire during the funeral of a Palestinian
recently released from Israeli jail, medics said.
Two other Palestinians were
wounded when Israeli troops opened fire to quell protests that erupted
in Hebron after the burial of the man, who had died shortly after
leaving prison, the medics said.
The 30-year-old victim, Ziad Awad, was shot in the back, they said.
The
Palestinian medics identified the man who was buried as a relative,
Jaafar Awad, who fell ill before he was released from jail.
Angry
protests erupted during his funeral in the southern West Bank, with
mourners accusing Israel of responsibility for his death.
Thousands
of people marched in the funeral procession in the village of Beit
Ummar, and some pelted troops deployed nearby with stones, witnesses
said.
Israeli soldiers retaliated by firing tear gas and rubber bullets before resorting to live rounds, the witnesses added.
The
head of a Palestinian Authority body in charge of prisoner affairs,
Issa Qaraqe, issued a statement alleging Jaafar Awad had died of
"medical negligence" at the hands of Israeli prison authorities.
"Israel alone is responsible for his death," Qaraqe said in the statement, and called for an international probe.
Jaafar's
father, Ibrahim Awad, told AFP before his son's death that Israeli
prison authorities had given the 23-year-old man "an injection that made
him ill and totally weakened him."
Israel
jailed Jaafar Ibrahim over "terrorist activity" and "membership in the
Islamic Jihad" Palestinian militant group -- accusations denied by his
family.
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