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Mentally disabled Palestinian dies of wounds sustained in IDF raid
By The Associated Press
Tags: mentally disabled 

A mentally disabled Palestinian wounded during an Israel Defense Forces arrest operation in the West Bank a week ago died Thursday, doctors said. An Israeli human rights group called on the military to conduct an investigation into the incident.

According to neighbors' accounts, IDF troops entered the town of Qabatiya before dawn on Feb. 7 to arrest an Islamic Jihad militant.

As the soldiers prepared an ambush, the mentally disabled man, 56-year-old Taysir Nazal, emerged from his home, the neighbors said. Soldiers fired three shots and hit Nazal in his legs, said relatives and a neighbor, Omar al-Sohu.
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"They didn't call on him to stop, and after he was hit, they left him for a half hour," al-Sohu said. "Then two soldiers came and started to talk to him in Arabic. He said 'Let me go to my mother.' And the soldiers pulled him by his legs about 20 meters as he shouted."

The IDF said it was checking the circumstances of the incident and did not immediately comment.

Palestinian security in Jenin said the Israeli army was firing live bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at the time. Three Islamic Jihad militants were arrested in the raid.

Nazal was hit several times in the legs. Doctors operated several times and amputated part of one leg, but he died on Thursday, doctors said.

Human rights group B'Tselem called for a military investigation. "From our research we see a pattern, a sort of norm ... that is expressed in shooting when a door is opened or the soldiers think someone is trying to flee, when in fact the soldiers are not acting in self-defense," B'Tselem spokeswoman Sarit Michaeli said.

Israel regularly carried out arrest raids in the West Bank.

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      1.   Israel regularly carried out arrest raids in the West Bank 21:45  |  Pedro 14/02/08
      2.   State terrorism 21:51  |  Ben Alofs 14/02/08
      3.   Shamefull 21:56  |  Denise 14/02/08
      4.   Why no one is condoning this inhuman act! 22:03  |  George 14/02/08
      5.   Israeli Terrorism Reaches New Low 22:33  |  Mr. Knowtiall 14/02/08
      6.   Arrest raid?? 23:09  |  Grif 14/02/08
      7.   Bloody thugs! 23:09  |  Maureen Ann 14/02/08
      8.   accidents happen. until HR groups make impact on hamas they are 23:41  |  ralph 14/02/08
      9.   this is not inhuman act wake up we are most moral out there 23:42  |  ralph 14/02/08
      10.   9. "not inhuman act" 00:33  |  anangryjew 15/02/08
      11.   Too Stupid to Live 00:36  |  Efox 15/02/08
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      13.   re: George 00:38  |  Efox 15/02/08
      14.   re: Mr. Knowtiall 00:39  |  Efox 15/02/08
      15.   re: Denise 00:41  |  Efox 15/02/08
      16.   Gee, where are all the Zionist posters claiming 00:45  |  ballistic 15/02/08
      17.   The poll 01:07  |  Colin Wright 15/02/08
      18.   ralph, Right On! 01:33  |  akiva (zionist) 15/02/08
      19.   Efox, again, thanx for the chuckle! 01:34  |  akiva (zionist) 15/02/08
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      22.   poopy Pedro 01:47  |  akiva (zionist) 15/02/08
      23.   Good for B`Tselem... 02:17  |  Silvienne 15/02/08
      24.   #14, Efox to Mr. Knowitall... 02:21  |  Silvienne 15/02/08
      25.   #19, Akiva... 02:22  |  Silvienne 15/02/08
      26.   Akiva ( Idiot) and Racist 03:06  |  Abe 15/02/08
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      30.   No two ways about it 13:02  |  Yossi Saar 15/02/08
      31.   Using mentally disabled Palestinians 13:12  |  Nissim Mizrahi 15/02/08
      32.   # 28 Elini, do you cry for Israelis or just pals? 13:18  |  Petra 15/02/08
      33.   Efox for PM, Akiva for his assistant!!!!!! BRAVO 13:20  |  Petra 15/02/08
      34.   #26 Abe 17:13  |  Richard 15/02/08
      35.   disabled idf 17:40  |  king k 15/02/08
      36.   hamas would have strapped explosives to the poor fellow 18:08  |  frenz 15/02/08
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      38.   re: Eleni 00:43  |  Efox 16/02/08
      39.   mental disabled 05:18  |  Kildare 16/02/08
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      52.   re: eric 04:42  |  Efox 19/02/08
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      65.   re: Silvienne 23:30  |  Efox 24/02/08
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      67.   re: Silvienne 06:09  |  Efox 25/02/08
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      69.   re: Silvienne 10:42  |  Efox 27/02/08
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