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Army says 14-year-old Palestinian who hurled firebomb shot dead near Bethlehem
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA 14-year-old Palestinian has been shot dead by Israeli military forces near Khadr, close to Bethlehem. The military says he was hurling a Molotov cocktail when he was shot.
The Israel Defense Forces says troops identified three Palestinian suspects arriving at a spot from which Israeli drivers have been repeatedly attacked with firebombs recently.
“The troops fired at one of the suspects while he threw a Molotov cocktail and hit him,” the IDF says.
Troops provided him with medical treatment at the scene, but he died of his injuries.
Palestinians identify him as Mohammad Shahada, 14.
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