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December 15, 2023

Israeli Troops Kill Child, Block Ambulances and Tear-Gas Hospital in Occupied West Bank
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In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces killed an unarmed 17-year-old
boy inside the Khalil Suleiman Hospital. Médecins Sans Frontières, or
Doctors Without Borders, also witnessed Israeli soldiers blocking
medical workers in ambulances carrying discharged patients home. Drivers
were forced to get out of their vehicles, strip down and kneel in the
streets. MSF says it's part of a pattern targeting healthcare workers in
the West Bank since October 7, which also has included shooting live
fire and tear gas at hospitals, blocking emergency vehicles, and
humiliating and harassing medical staff.

Outside the hospital compound, Israeli soldiers desecrated a mosque in
Jenin and read out Jewish prayers in the style of an Islamic call to
prayer. This came as part of a three-day Israeli raid on the Jenin
refugee camp which killed at least 12 Palestinians. Israeli forces
arrested over 100 others.


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