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IDF troops kill Palestinian teen, hurt another in Bethlehem raid
By Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondent and Reuters
Tags: IDF, Palestinians, West Bank

A Palestinian teenager was killed and another was wounded by Israel Defense Forces troops during a raid into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Monday, Palestinian medical officials said.

The officials said the teenager was shot in his stomach by the troops who were surrounding a building in the city during a search for militants.

Palestinian sources identified the killed teenager as 17-year-old Kusai al-Afandi.
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An IDF spokeswoman said troops had initially used non-lethal riot dispersal means but resorted to live fire at the lower bodies of some demonstrators when they endangered the troops by throwing stones and large building blocks at them.

The militant being targeted in the raid surrended to the IDF forces a few hours later as was taken in for questioning.

Last week, IDF troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank city of Hebron. Witnesses said troops opened fire at local residents who hurled rocks at troops in the village, killing the teenager.

Troops often conduct raids throughout the West Bank, searching for militants wanted in planning or executing attacks on Israel.

On Sunday, the Jaffa military court convicted on a string of charges an IDF officer who commanded troops implicated in a West Bank rampage that led to the wrongful shooting of a Palestinian civilian last July in the West Bank town of Dahariya, located south of Hebron.

Deputy Lieutenant Yaakov Gigi was convicted in the framework of a plea bargain of illegal use of a weapon, giving a false confession, overstepping authority in a manner that endangered lives and behavior unsuitable to an army officer.

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      1.   Troops should have allowed cinder blocks to hit their heads 19:46  |  Jon 28/01/08
      2.   The child killing nation of Israel 19:47  |  Hector Lopez 28/01/08
      3.   Another unarmed teenager killed. 20:09  |  Michael 28/01/08
      4.   "17 year old teenagers" are indistinguisable from 21 year olds... 20:13  |  common sense 28/01/08
      5.   IDF Death Squads target more children... Israelis should be proud 20:16  |  POP 28/01/08
      6.   #2 Hector Lopez 20:37  |  * BEN JABO 28/01/08
      7.   Tonight there will be a party at Haaretz. 21:07  |  Andreas 28/01/08
      8.   The killing of a child 21:07  |  Laura Heintze 28/01/08
      9.   In Bethlehem a child is born, ...sorry Killed. 21:12  |  Coenraad 28/01/08
      10.   By Gas or Guns 21:19  |  Sanharia 28/01/08
      11.   "TEENAGERS" throwing bricks kill.Where were his parents? 21:27  |  PETER SM 28/01/08
      12.   Stop shooting children! 21:29  |  l 28/01/08
      13.   #4 common sense 21:36  |  in bethlehem 28/01/08
      14.   Sorry, Palestinian Teen Killed 21:45  |  Brazilian Jew 28/01/08
      15.   #12 in bethlehem,Did ever a cinderblock 21:52  |  TOMY 28/01/08
      16.   Brazilian Jew 22:01  |  Dutch Jew 28/01/08
      17.   dummy lopez 22:21  |  abba 28/01/08
      18.   Who is killing children? 22:51  |  observer 28/01/08
      19.   EGYPY MILITARY IN HOSPITAL 23:08  |  TOBIA 28/01/08
      20.   RESpond to OPSERVOR 23:14  |  TOBIA 28/01/08
      21.   One moslem terrorist finally pays the price for his crimes 23:20  |  abba 28/01/08
      22.   Tobia 19, 20 Egyptians didn`t shoot stone-throwers 23:35  |  Michael 28/01/08
      23.   Abba 21 throwing a stone at invading soldiers is not terrorism 23:38  |  Michael 28/01/08
      24.   What if? 23:59  |  Janice 28/01/08
      25.   Rocks are justified 00:08  |  Janice 29/01/08
      26.   to TOBIA 00:21  |  from Canada 29/01/08
      27.   Janice rocks are justified to end the occupation of your mind 00:42  |  abba 29/01/08
      28.   of cinderblocks and parents 00:48  |  oh little town 29/01/08
      29.   PAL chidren told to martyr themselves,ignored by supine media 01:02  |  PETER SM 29/01/08
      30.   What IF (#23) Israel lost the 1967 War 01:05  |  Steve 29/01/08
      31.   To Abba 01:06  |  Janice 29/01/08
      32.   #8 Laura Heintze 01:26  |  * BEN JABO 29/01/08
      33.   What IF (30) Israel lost its moral legitimacy? 01:36  |  Michael 29/01/08
      34.   @22, michael, you are not right, even pals 01:52  |  vladimir 29/01/08
      35.   Moral Army at Work and Play 01:56  |  Knott Bushman 29/01/08
      36.   MICHAEL DONT COMPARE THE PARENTS 01:57  |  TOBIA 29/01/08
      37.   Janice #24: Ever Been To The ME, Jerusalem, Gaza? 02:08  |  Lavi 29/01/08
      38.   RESPOND TO CANADA 02:34  |  TOBIA 29/01/08
      39.   #35 Knott 02:39  |  * BEN JABO 29/01/08
      40.   Terrorest Child 02:40  |  Other View 29/01/08
      41.   michael from uk....you said half the time the parents 02:40  |  maria 29/01/08
      42.   hector lopez,your ignorant of the muslim mentality... 02:45  |  maria 29/01/08
      43.   coenraad....hezbollahs dressed as women.. 02:47  |  maria 29/01/08
      44.   ben jabo re. hector lopez.....well said!!!! 02:53  |  maria 29/01/08
      45.   Maria and Muslim Mentality 03:11  |  kassandra 29/01/08
      46.   maria 03:14  |  Janice 29/01/08
      47.   Children as human shields #33 03:24  |  Steve 29/01/08
      48.   Michael in UK#3 - name one police force 03:53  |  William 29/01/08
      49.   Half your size? - In Bethlehem #12 03:58  |  William 29/01/08
      50.   Egyptians don`t shoot stone-throwers? - #22 Michael 04:08  |  William 29/01/08
      51.   Janice #46 - How did they hate before the occupation? 04:14  |  William 29/01/08
      52.   Kassandra#45 - chances are, he was Muslim 04:17  |  William 29/01/08
      53.   Yeah! Yeah! Children that can impregnate a donkey! 04:38  |  Cristo 29/01/08
      54.   Janice, thanks for making it so simple 05:36  |  Stephen in New York 29/01/08
      55.   kassandra.....most palestinians are catholics 05:39  |  maria 29/01/08
      56.   janice....I think you`re blind! 05:40  |  maria 29/01/08
      57.   janice...you`re a jew...why don`t try to live in s`derot or negev 05:55  |  maria 29/01/08
      58.   # 45 Cassandra Kids aren`t kids when they throw stones 13:07  |  Petra 29/01/08
      59.   # 49 William AMEN BROTHER EXCELLENT REPLY!!!!! 13:19  |  Petra 29/01/08
      60.   He was actually just a regular kid 15:38  |  Maysoon 29/01/08
      61.   Maysoon, what is a good kid/boy you know doing throwing rocks 19:48  |  Genuine Tosefta 29/01/08
      62.   #60 Oh please... 20:04  |  Adrian de Klerk 29/01/08
      63.   #60 Maysoon - On Dum Dum`s 22:07  |  * BEN JABO 29/01/08
      64.   Peter sm and justification of murders 22:12  |  Truths 29/01/08
      65.   Concern for Arabs overrides Israel`s plight 22:58  |  Half Truths 29/01/08
      66.   #27, abba to Janice... 23:47  |  Silvienne 29/01/08
      67.   #42, maria to Michael from UK... 23:49  |  Silvienne 29/01/08
      68.   #46, Janice to maria....well said, Janice 23:51  |  Silvienne 29/01/08
      69.   Ben Jabo & DumDum bullets... 23:52  |  Silvienne 29/01/08
      70.   #64 Truths Melbourne 23:54  |  * BEN JABO 29/01/08
      71.   #62 Silvienne re dumdum`s 03:46  |  Adrian de Klerk 30/01/08
      72.   #69 Silvienne - Dum Dums 04:05  |  * BEN JABO 30/01/08