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#1. Palestinian Minor Shot Dead by Israeli Forces South of Nablus

NABLUS, December 29, 2014 (WAFA - Official PLO news agency) – Israeli forces
Monday afternoon shot dead a Palestinian minor and injured another near
Zaʻtara military checkpoint to the south of Nablus, said security sources.
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=27427

Sources said Israeli forces opened fire at 17-year-old Imam Dweikat and
16-year-old Nael Thiab within the area of Beita town near Zaʻtara
checkpoint, which controls movement between southern and northern occupied
West Bank governorates.

The two minors were shot at in the area between Zaʻtara checkpoint and
Osarin village. Thiab was reportedly shot in his left thigh and consequently
evacuated to Rafidia Hospital, where medics described his situation as
stable.

Local media outlets reported that Israeli forces continue to withhold the
body of Dweikat until the moment of writing the story.

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#2. Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli forces south of Nablus
Published today (updated) 29/12/2014 15:00
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=750506

NABLUS (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian youth was shot dead by Israeli forces at the
Tappuah checkpoint south of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Monday.

Local Palestinian sources told Ma'an that Israeli troops opened fire at two
young Palestinian men in the Jabal Sbeih area within Beita village, near the
Tappuah checkpoint, which is also known to Palestinians as Zaatara.

The youth who was killed in the incident was identified by Nablus TV as Imam
Jamil Dweikat, a resident of Beita. His age was not yet clear, however.

The other victim was identified as Nael Thiab, 19, and he was reportedly
evacuated to a hospital in Nablus with moderate to serious gunshot wounds
following the incident.

Palestinian security sources confirmed that the Israeli liaison department
officially notified the Palestinian Authority that Israeli troops shot dead
a young Palestinian man and that his body is still with the Israeli army.

The slain youth is the 50th Palestinian to be killed by Israeli forces in
the West Bank in 2014, bringing the total Palestinian dead at Israeli hands
so far this year to around 2,335, including those who died in Gaza as a
result of Israel's summer offensive.

An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that an Israeli military patrol
was passing through the area when they "encountered a group of Palestinians
hurling rocks at a main road, which endangered both civilians and vehicles."

"The forces called them to halt and fired warning shots, and when they
didn't comply they responded to the threat with direct fire which wounded
one of the attackers."

She said that the military treated him on site but he later died of his
wounds.

"A military police investigation has been opened into the matter," she
added.