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June 16, 2014

Israeli Forces Round Up 150 Palestinians, Kill 1 in Search for Teens 
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Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian and rounded up 150 others,
including the speaker of the Palestinian Parliament, as part of a
massive hunt for three Israeli teens who went missing in the West Bank
last week. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the
Palestinian group Hamas of kidnapping the teenagers. Israeli forces have
flooded residential areas, searching homes and effectively sealing off
the city of Hebron. Earlier today an Israeli soldier shot and killed a
20-year-old Palestinian near Ramallah, accusing him of throwing rocks.
At a rally in Gaza City this morning, protesters, including Hamas
legislator Mushir al-Masri, condemned Israel's actions and voiced
support for Palestinian hunger strikers in Israeli jails.

Mushir al-Masri: "The main reason behind the tension is the Israeli
occupation, which did not respond to the demands of the hunger-striking
prisoners who have been fasting for over 50 days. There are 5,000
prisoners facing slow death, who have spent long decades in the Zionist
enemy's jails. So the life of Zionists is not more sacred than the life
of the over 5,000 prisoners in the enemy's jails. We warn Israel against
the consequences of any stupidities, including the violation of
international law."

The search for the Israeli teens comes a month after Israeli forces
killed two Palestinian teenagers in the West Bank. An autopsy on one of
the teens has confirmed he was killed by live bullets. Human Rights
Watch has called the killings an "apparent war crime."

 

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