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Palestinian terror convict falls to his death in East Jerusalem week after release
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The scene of a suicide bombing on September 9, 2003 after a Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of Cafe Hillel coffee shop in Jerusalem. (Flash90)
Nael Obeid, a former Palestinian prisoner who was freed to East Jerusalem in last week’s hostage-prisoner exchange, has died after falling from high altitude near his home in Issawiya, according to local Palestinian outlets.
He was pronounced dead in Hadassah Medical Center near Mount Scopus.
Obeid was sentenced to seven life sentences and 30 years for partaking in a 2003 suicide bombing at Cafe Hillel in Jerusalem. He served 21 years before being released.
The cause of his fall is not immediately clear.
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