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November 2, 2015

Video: Israeli Officer Threatens to Gas Palestinians "Until You All Die" 
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Meanwhile, violence continues in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager at a border
crossing, accusing him of trying to stab an Israeli soldier. In total,
nine Israelis and more than 70 Palestinians have been killed in the
recent violence. Israeli forces also reportedly raided a refugee camp in
Bethlehem. Video footage appears to show an Israeli officer threatening
to gas inhabitants to death. He apparently tells them over a
loudspeaker: "You throw stones, and we will hit you with gas until you
all die."

Voice on loudspeaker: "People of Aida refugee camp, we are the Israeli
army. You throw stones, and we hit you with gas, until you all die. The
children, the youth and the old people, you will all die. We won't leave
any of you alive. We have arrested one of you. He's with us now. We took
him from his home, and we will butcher and kill him while you're
watching, as long as you throw stones. Go home, or we gas you. We will
gas you until you die—all your families, children and everyone. We
will kill you."

The Israeli government says the officer involved has been suspended and
is under investigation.

 

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