West Bank: Palestinian teenager killed by Israeli army

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This Wednesday, May 13, a Palestinian teenager was killed by the Israeli army in clashes in the south of the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Minister of Health said shortly after the Secretary of State's arrival in Israel American Mike Pompeo for a quick visit.

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The young man, 15-year-old Zaïd Qaysia, was shot dead in the head by Israeli soldiers in Al-Fawar camp near Hebron, a spokesman for the Palestinian ministry said. Agence France Presse, adding that four other Palestinians were injured in the clashes. When contacted by AFP, an Israeli army spokeswoman said she was checking the information.

Arrests, clashes ...

Soldiers entered the refugee camp before dawn to make arrests, causing clashes, residents said. The incident comes the day after the death of an Israeli soldier in the north of the West Bank, killed by a Palestinian stone throw during a nighttime army operation that arrested Palestinian suspects. A few hours later, a knife attack had been foiled at the Qalandiya military crossing, between Israel and the center of the West Bank.

It also occurs on the day of the visit of the American diplomatic chief Mike Pompeo, who arrived in the morning at Ben-Gurion airport in Tel Aviv. He is due to hold talks in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former electoral rival Benny Gantz, before the inauguration on Thursday of the new union government formed after an agreement between the two Israeli politicians. The American official must discuss with them the implementation of President Donald Trump's Middle East plan, presented last January, which notably provides for the annexation by Israel of the Jordan Valley and of Jewish settlements in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied since 1967.

Pompeo returns to travel

The union government must present from July 1 a roadmap for following up on this plan criticized by the Palestinians, from secular Fatah to the Islamists of Hamas. We will also discuss Iran, the number one enemy of the Hebrew State, and the pandemic of the new coronavirus. On his way to Jerusalem, Mr. Pompeo, whose first trip in almost two months, becomes one of the first senior officials of a great power to resume international travel despite the pandemic.

( with AFP )

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