Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Palestinian Teen Is Abducted and Killed Today; Viewed as Revenge for Deaths of 3 Israeli Teens

A Palestinian teen was abducted and killed in Jerusalem today (July 2, 2014), Palestinians said, accusing Israeli settlers of carrying out a revenge attack for the deaths of three Israeli youths. The accusation sparked clashes with Israeli forces and demands by the Palestinian president that Israel hold the killers accountable, the Huffington Post website reports.

The latest claim stokes tensions already heightened by the deaths of the three Israeli teens, whose bodies were found this week -- two weeks after they were abducted in the West Bank -- and a surge in fighting between Israeli and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.

Just hours after Israel buried the three teens, relatives of Mohammed Abu Khdeir said the 17-year-old was forced into a car in a neighborhood of east Jerusalem before it sped off. A burned body was found shortly afterward in a Jerusalem forest.

Abu Khdeir's family said it had identified the body. The teen's cousin, Saed Abu Khdeir, said the family believes the youth was killed by Israelis in an act of revenge.

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