Palestinian dies of wounds from Thursday Hebron clash: hospital

A Palestinian teenager shot by Israeli troops during clashes on Thursday in the West Bank city of Hebron died of his injuries on Friday, a Palestinian hospital official said.

Mahmoud Shalaldeh, 18, was shot and wounded after the funeral of a relative, Abdallah Shalaldeh, who was killed by undercover Israeli agents during a Wednesday night arrest raid on the city’s al-Ahli hospital.

Mahmoud died Friday morning in the same hospital, an official there said, and was later buried in his home village of Sa’ir, just outside Hebron.

In the city itself, stone-throwing youths clashed with troops after the weekly Friday prayers at a local mosque.

Soldiers responded with tear gas, but there were no immediate reports of injuries.

Abdallah Shalaldeh was shot as the Israeli force, disguised as Palestinians — including one masquerading as a wheelchair-bound woman — snatched his cousin Azzam Shalaldeh from his hospital bed.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said 21 agents took part in the raid to capture Azzam, accused of an October 25 stabbing that wounded an Israeli near the Metzad settlement outside Hebron.

Violence since the start of October, including a wave of Palestinian knife, gun and car-ramming attacks, has cost the lives of 79 people on the Palestinian side — including one Israeli Arab — and 11 Israelis. Many of the Palestinians killed were alleged attackers shot at the scene; others died in clashes with Israeli security forces.