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Palestinian youth who hurled firebomb dies days after being shot by IDF troops
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A Palestinian teenager who was shot by Israeli troops after hurling a firebomb at a settlement in the West Bank last week succumbs to his wounds, Palestinian health officials say.
The Palestinian Authority health ministry says 17-year-old Ramzi Fathi Hamed was shot and critically wounded near the West Bank town of Silwad early on August 3, and died this morning.
The official PA news agency, Wafa, citing the mayor of Silwad, says Hamed was in a car that was driving near the nearby settlement of Ofra when he was shot by an Israeli settler. Though the teen’s father, Fatehi Hamed, tells The Associated Press that his son was shot by Israeli troops after throwing firebombs at soldiers operating near Silwad.
A spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces tells The Times of Israel that forces operating near Silwad identified a Palestinian suspect hurling a Molotov cocktail at the nearby settlement of Ofra.
“The force responded with gunfire,” the military spokesperson says, adding that the suspect was hit and later was reported to have died.
“The circumstances of the incident are under investigation,” the spokesperson adds.
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