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Palestinian killed by Israeli gunfire in Old City of al-Khalil

Tuesday 18-May-2021

Israeli soldiers on Tuesday morning cold-bloodedly killed a Palestinian young man near the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of al-Khalil on allegations of his intention to throw an explosive device at a military roadblock.

According to Israel’s Channel 20 a Palestinian was walking towards a military barrier near the illegal outpost and synagogue of Abraham Avinu while holding a homemade pipe bomb when a soldier saw him and shot him dead.

Explosive specialists were dispatched to the area to handle the bomb the channel added.

There is still no information from Palestinian Authority liaison officials about the identity of the slain young man.

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