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July 11, 2017

Palestinian Baby Dies After Inhaling Tear Gas Shot by Israeli Forces into His Home
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In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health
says an 18-month-old baby has died after inhaling tear gas shot by
Israeli forces into his bedroom two months ago. The baby, Abdul Rahman
Barghouti, was exposed to the gas on May 19, when Israeli soldiers
attacked Palestinians demonstrating in the town of Aboud near Ramallah
in support of the Palestinian prisoners' hunger strike and fired tear
gas into residents' homes. The Palestinian Ministry of Health says
Israeli jeeps then blocked an ambulance from reaching the baby, so he
was instead rushed to the hospital by members of the Palestinian Red
Cross by foot. Eighteen-month-old Abdul Rahman Barghouti died on Friday
of asphyxiation.


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