Washington – A Palestinian-American teenager was killed during clashes with the Israeli military on Friday amid heightened tensions in Jerusalem and the West Bank.
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A relative identified the teen as 14-year-old Orwah Hammad and said he was born in New Orleans and came to the West Bank at age six. Hammad’s cousin Moath said he was among a group of Palestinians who were throwing rocks at Israeli soldiers.
A U.S. State Department official confirmed that the teenager was an American citizen. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about the case.
Hammad is the second teen to be killed by army fire in eight days. A 13-year-old was killed last week in a West Bank village.
Another 12 Palestinians were wounded in the clashes on Friday, a hospital official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak with the media.
The Israeli military said soldiers “prevented an attack” by opening fire on a Palestinian who was throwing fire-bombs at traffic on a highway Friday evening.
Tensions have been high since June, when three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and killed by Palestinian militants in the West Bank. Jewish extremists retaliated by kidnapping and killing a Palestinian teenager in east Jerusalem, sparking riots. The kidnappings set off a series of events that led to the 50-day Gaza war.
Earlier this week a Palestinian drove his car into a Jerusalem train station, killing a 3-month-old baby — who was a U.S. citizen — and wounding eight other people. Police called Wednesday’s crash a terror attack.
The car’s driver, identified as Abdel Rahman al-Shaludi, was a Palestinian from east Jerusalem who had served time in prison for militant activities. He was shot by police as he tried to run away and later died from his wounds.
The last few months have also seen clashes at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site between Palestinian stone throwers and Israeli police, adding to the tensions.
And Zale Thompson ,who attacked an NYPD officer was a convert to islam ,why didn’t Washington mention that ????
did he learn to hate in america or radilized by the arabs?
When a baby who was an American citizen was killed by arabs Washington says nothing, but a boy who was throwing rocks at people and things gets killed for violence in Israel Washington is upset, WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?
Washington – US Says Palestinian Youth Killed By IDF Was American Citizen
And therefore what?
Old enough to hurl molotov cocktails at security forces old enough to get killed!
Fight fire with fire, no sympathies here!
Why are we americans so proud? America should teach its citizens not to throw Molotov cocktails.. Each Molotov Cocktail should have a warning from the Surgeon General clearly stating that “throwing this item may be injurious to your heath up to and including death” I think that should do it.
Let’s get this straight. It was the Palestinians who were attacking the IDF personnel, not the other way around. The soldiers should be allowed to use live fire to eliminate them. I don’t want to hear the liberal boo-hooing about how they are angry, and that Israel causes their militancy. They are savages who cannot tolerate living amongst civilians. Feed them to some carnivores.
Just imagine if you would people throwing rocks on the cops here in Brooklyn
You would have dead bodies all over the place
The cops would not let it pass
Naftali Frenkel & Baby Chaya HY”D were also US citizens. Did the US government (AKA Obama) say or do anything about these true victims of terror?
BH one less of them.
People think for a minute. If you would be rioting in Brooklyn and a officer would kill one , how would you people react? Even if the Palestinian are not permitted to riot , but kill?!? In NYC it would never pass!! You same people would scream!!
It is time to eject these anti israeli people from Jerusalem and the state of Israel.How many jews are allowed to live in the muslim world today?less than 000.0%?Close the temple mount to all who wish to pray there and make it a museum for the study of intolerance of the religions
Us govt didn’t really ever care about Jewish blood. Look at flatow case. Only perseverence of the father.