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Palestinian boy, 11, killed during protest at West Bank fence
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and News Agencies
Tags: West Bank, separation fence 

An 11-year-old Palestinian boy died on Tuesday evening during clashes between protesters and Israeli security forces at a demonstration against the separation fence in the West Bank town of Na'alin.

Ahmed Moussa's death was killed by a shot to the forehead, according to medics and an AP reporter who saw his body at Ramallah Hospital.

An Israel Defense Forces spokesman said an investigation into the incident was underway.
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A Border Police officer was wounded during the protest when he was struck in the eye by a stone. He was taken to the Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer, where he was undergoing a series of tests to determine the extent of the injuries and the possibility he may lose his eye.

A number of violent protests have erupted in Na'alin against the West Bank separation fence, frequently developing into confrontations between stone-throwing youths and Israeli troops firing tear gas and rubber-coated bullets. Dozens of Palestinians and Israeli security forces have been wounded during the demonstrations over recent months.

An organizer of Tuesday's protest, Farah Khawaja, said Israeli forces had erected a makeshift fence to prevent protesters from reaching bulldozers clearing land for the barrier.

11-year-old Moussa is the first fatality in months of Na'alin protests. "We told him not to go down [to the protests], but he wouldn't listen," the boy's aunt, Khadija Moussa, said in a telephone interview.

The military said it would conduct a thorough examination with the forces in the region and consult with Palestinian medical personnel.

Israeli troops fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators trying to scale the fence. By late afternoon, the clashes had subsided, but several teenage boys remained in the area and kept throwing stones, Khawaja said.

He said soldiers fired more tear gas and then live bullets.

Also Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces temporarily suspended an officer over allegations he ordered a soldier to fire a rubber bullet at point-blank range at a bound and blindfolded Palestinian during one such protest, an IDF spokesman said on Tuesday.

The spokesman said Lieutenant Colonel Omri Bruberg had been suspended for 10 days until military prosecutors decide whether there is enough evidence to indict him.

The suspension order came a day after Bruberg failed his second polygraph test, after having passed the first test which was conducted in a private institute last week.

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      1.   Murder 19:11  |  Solomon 29/07/08
      2.   REVENGE!!!!!!!!!!!!! 19:18  |  MOE 29/07/08
      3.   Another mistake? 19:20  |  sh 29/07/08
      4.   The army should not disperse riots 19:37  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 29/07/08
      5.   Who takes a 9 year old to a protest? 19:37  |  kkk 29/07/08
      6.   No Mistake 19:38  |  Solomon 29/07/08
      7.   These are NOT peaceful protests !! 100% lies !! 19:38  |  Yisrael 29/07/08
      8.   yet Jews criticize China on human rights? 19:39  |  candida 29/07/08
      9.   Waiting for the IDF spokesperson to paint the boy as Goliath 19:06  |  Palestinian in UK 29/07/08
      10.   israel has no money for helmets 19:51  |  paulo2005 29/07/08
      11.   re Shlomo #5 `Who takes a 9 year old to a protest?` 20:10  |  Colin Wright 29/07/08
      12.   Haaretz what about the dozens and dozens of Palestinian,men,women 20:19  |  lakshmi 29/07/08
      13.   to #5 20:21  |  Alex 29/07/08
      14.   that is typical of cowards 20:22  |  Mike 29/07/08
      15.   how tragic 20:24  |  modiinmama 29/07/08
      16.   Why do Israelis kill so many Arab Children that they Occupy? 20:29  |  POP 29/07/08
      17.   Likely another Arab lie 20:30  |  David 29/07/08
      18.   The corruptness of Israeli society. 20:31  |  Ibrahim 29/07/08
      19.   another moral performance from the "most moral army in the world" 20:31  |  human 29/07/08
      20.   Colin Wright 20:33  |  Connie 29/07/08
      21.   Using children for propaganda purposes, as usual 20:35  |  KUTW 29/07/08
      22.   1. Solomon: Peaceful demo? 20:42  |  KUTW 29/07/08
      23.   "peaceful demo? (???): What liars 20:48  |  KUTW 29/07/08
      24.   Palestinian use of child sacrifice for their "cause" 20:52  |  Johnny 29/07/08
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      26.   It`s like watching those crabs rush the beach at night 21:03  |  Freethinker 29/07/08
      27.   Headline should of read: Israeli police officer may loose eye 21:10  |  dave 29/07/08
      28.   Investigation..... 21:15  |  William 29/07/08
      29.   re Connie #20 `Colin Wright` 21:16  |  Colin Wright 29/07/08
      30.   Haaretz,BBC, Lies and Videotapes 21:27  |  Observer 29/07/08
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      32.   Israeli apologists 21:29  |  David 29/07/08
      33.   and you wonder why arabs hate you !!!!! 21:30  |  antoine 29/07/08
      34.   #9 21:30  |  Jane 29/07/08
      35.   Some people here blames the child to be in the wrong place! 21:30  |  kaled 29/07/08
      36.   I hope he loses the eye... 21:30  |  POP 29/07/08
      37.   will soldiers house be bulldozed? 21:33  |  joe fiasco 29/07/08
      38.   #16 POOP 21:35  |  samk 29/07/08
      39.   to Solomom the "peace maker" 21:37  |  Goldenberg 29/07/08
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      41.   Connie 21:43  |  Helen 29/07/08
      42.   Cold-blooded killers 21:45  |  Nad 29/07/08
      43.   Ibrahim - of course 21:46  |  David Israel 29/07/08
      44.   #5, Shlomo, blaming the victim... 21:52  |  Silvienne 29/07/08
      45.   The question to be asked here 21:57  |  Tzfonit 29/07/08
      46.   shame... 21:59  |  Michael 29/07/08
      47.   #26 22:01  |  Jane 29/07/08
      48.   william, another leftie naive american 22:04  |  JP 29/07/08
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      50.   no school in july 22:09  |  modiinmama 29/07/08
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      52.   20 Connie,the reason you don`t hear about the details of the 22:14  |  lakshmi 29/07/08
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      54.   18. Ibrahim: pals corruptness and murder 22:21  |  KUTW 29/07/08
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      56.   #25 Hannah???? in London asks a good question 22:21  |  Labhras 29/07/08
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      58.   act I: a 9 year-old unwilling shahid 22:26  |  useless 29/07/08
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