Israel says incitement, terror ‘entirely to blame’ for death of Palestinian teen

Responding to PA claims it “executed” a Palestinian teenager killed by IDF soldiers overnight, Israel says Palestinian incitement and terror is to blame for the security situation that lead to the death.

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager and injured several others who were initially suspected of being involved in throwing rocks at cars on Route 443, but were later found not to have been involved.

The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry called the incident an “extrajudicial execution” and “Netanyahu’s reaction to EU’s adoption of the French initiative,” referring to the EU’s recent backing of the French peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians that was dismissed by the Israeli government.

A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry describes the statements as “cynical defamation.”

“Were it not for the difficult security situation that is entirely the blame of Palestinian incitement and terror, Israel would not need to use force in order to protect itself,” he says.

“Unfortunately, there is a long list of Israelis murdered by rocks thrown by Palestinians at roads and every Israeli victim proves the need to take measures against this,” he adds.