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February 14, 2024

Israel Shoots Dead 17-Year-old Palestinian American in Occupied West Bank
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The U.S. State Department has confirmed a 17-year-old Palestinian
American teenager with U.S. citizenship was shot dead on Saturday in the
town of Biddu in the occupied West Bank. According to the group Defense
for Children International, Mohammad Ahmed Mohammad Khdour was shot in
the head by Israeli forces while he was sitting in a car with a relative
in a wooded area where local residents often pick mushrooms and sage.
Mohammad was a senior in high school. Israeli forces and settlers have
killed 98 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank since October
7. Another U.S. citizen, 17-year-old Palestinian American Tawfiq Hafez
Ajjaq, was shot dead last month.


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