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Palestinians: IDF troops wound 9 at boy's funeral in West Bank
By News Agencies
Tags: West Bank, Protest, Israel 

Israel Defense Forces troops wounded nine Palestinians in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday in a clash with protesters at the funeral of a 11-year-old boy killed a day earlier, Palestinian medics said.

They said the troops had shot the casualties with rubber bullets while fighting stone-throwing protesters. A 18-year-old Palestinian was hit in the head by a rubber bullet and doctors described him as brain dead.

An initial Border Police investigation has found that Ahmed Moussa , 11, who was killed at a West Bank protest on Tuesday, died from a live round fired by one of the security force's troops.
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Ahmed Moussa died during a confrontation with Israeli security forces on Tuesday in the West Bank village of Na'alin. Villagers have been protesting for months against Israel's separation fence.

The Border Police concluded its initial probe into the incident on Wednesday morning.

Also Wednesday, Ramallah governor Said Abu Ali said an autopsy showed that the 11-year-old was shot by live fire. Moussa's autopsy was conducted Wednesday in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

Abu Ali said the autopsy indicated that the boy was struck by a bullet from an M16 rifle.

Israel sought to do a joint autopsy with the Palestinians either in Israel or in the West Bank, but Palestinian officials refused, Ali said.

Residents of Na'alin protest almost daily against Israel's separation barrier, which threatens to take over hundreds of acres of the town's olive groves. The demonstrations frequently turn into confrontations between stone-throwing youths and Israeli troops firing tear gas and rubber-coated bullets.

Following Tuesday's fatal clash, meanwhile, IDF GOC Central Command Gadi Shamni decided to deploy a special Border Police force trained in riot control to the area, which has recently seen a rise in violence.

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      1.   Palestinian kids don`t count. 12:54  |  RW 30/07/08
      2.   More footage of Israeli violence 13:05  |  Palestinian in UK 30/07/08
      3.   IDF strong against children 13:44  |  Danny 30/07/08
      4.   Na`alin protest 13:44  |  Zoe 30/07/08
      5.   And the whine about 13:54  |  Guy From NYC 30/07/08
      6.   child killers in uniform 14:06  |  disgusted citizen 30/07/08
      7.   11 killed, 7 of them children 14:33  |  Ivan 30/07/08
      8.   Non-Jews are not fully human 14:42  |  Kerry 30/07/08
      9.   Give a fool a gun. He will find a reason to use it. 14:47  |  Natallie Durson 30/07/08
      10.   Weapons from the USA 15:19  |  Guy From NYC 30/07/08
      11.   And do we know if it was intentional? 15:25  |  S Judah 30/07/08
      12.   To S Judah #10 16:29  |  oetis 30/07/08
      13.   #11 S Judah 16:29  |  Boycott 30/07/08
      14.   #1 RW 16:35  |  THK 30/07/08
      15.   Where were his parents? 16:35  |  Dr Noam 30/07/08
      16.   #10 Guy 16:39  |  THK 30/07/08
      17.   #9, Natallie 16:42  |  THK 30/07/08
      18.   THK 16:58  |  Guy From NYC 30/07/08
      19.   At the last they have the COURAGE to say that they killed him. 17:01  |  JP 30/07/08
      20.   #16, THK... 17:01  |  Silvienne 30/07/08
      21.   Give a fool a gun. He will find a reason to use it. 17:02  |  oetis 30/07/08
      22.   #15, Dr Noam, blaming the victim... 17:04  |  Silvienne 30/07/08
      23.   Israeli attitude toward arabs 17:17  |  jdledell 30/07/08
      24.   Recently there has been a lot of soul 17:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/07/08
      25.   Silviene blames the victim(as usual) and hails the perpetrator 17:37  |  JP 30/07/08
      26.   THK 17:47  |  Natallie Durson 30/07/08
      27.   JP 17:50  |  Sylvie 30/07/08
      28.   Was a palestinian M16 17:52  |  Fred 30/07/08
      29.   #15 17:52  |  mike 30/07/08
      30.   #21 17:54  |  mike 30/07/08
      31.   inconvenient facts 17:58  |  Murray 30/07/08
      32.   #9 17:58  |  mike 30/07/08
      33.   Silvienne (#22) 18:00  |  Gil 30/07/08
      34.   #18 Guy from NY 18:03  |  THK 30/07/08
      35.   Isreal Bashers and Haaretz 18:05  |  Fred 30/07/08
      36.   #3 18:05  |  mike 30/07/08
      37.   to natalie 18:11  |  alex 30/07/08
      38.   Haaratz How many POSTS of Isreal Defense 18:11  |  Posts declined over 30/07/08
      39.   #20 Silvienne 18:12  |  THK 30/07/08
      40.   #33 Gil 18:17  |  Chris Linthwaite 30/07/08
      41.   # 26 Natallie 18:18  |  THK 30/07/08
      42.   #33, Gil... 18:19  |  Silvienne 30/07/08
      43.   #27, Good post Sylvie! 18:20  |  Silvienne 30/07/08
      44.   #35, Ah, but Fred is quite correct... 18:22  |  Silvienne 30/07/08
      45.   Does they have a reason to protest? 18:25  |  Sens 30/07/08
      46.   must have been a car accident 19:11  |  Steve 30/07/08
      47.   Silvienne (#20) it is not the issue, no, just not that. Why not? 19:29  |  Gil 30/07/08
      48.   #39, THK... 19:53  |  Silvienne 30/07/08
      49.   Linthwaite 24 19:54  |  Free Gilad Shalit 30/07/08
      50.   to Chris Lin 20:02  |  alex 30/07/08
      51.   Linthwaite consistently telling porkies 20:09  |  Free Gilad Shalit 30/07/08
      52.   Of course we couldn`t blame the Palestinians 20:32  |  Michael 30/07/08
      53.   Chris Linthwaite (#40) As I recall 20:41  |  Gil 30/07/08
      54.   Chris Linthwaite (#40) As I recall 20:41  |  Gil 30/07/08
      55.   #47, Gil... 20:49  |  Silvienne 30/07/08
      56.   #51, FGS... 20:51  |  Silvienne 30/07/08
      57.   Muslims blow up Children Daily yet 21:05  |  Andy 30/07/08
      58.   M16 Sniper 21:11  |  Singer 30/07/08
      59.   more human shields used by pals 21:21  |  frenz 30/07/08
      60.   No children in war. 21:26  |  Vital 30/07/08
      61.   refused joint autopsy blame Israeli bullet 21:57  |  x-ray 30/07/08
      62.   #1, RW, WRONG, all life precious in Judaism, not true with others 22:10  |  David 30/07/08
      63.   #40, Chris Linthwaite, huh?? 22:15  |  David 30/07/08
      64.   Refusal of joint autopsy confirms skeptical of truth 22:17  |  David 30/07/08