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Mo'taz Hijazi - Ahrar Center
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by IMEMC News & Agencies

The initial autopsy report of a Palestinian man slain by Israeli soldiers, early this week, reveals that he was shot all over the body at least 20 times and that his death was caused by severe bleeding from his chest, neck, hands, legs, lungs, and heart.

The report is expected to add fuel to allegations by Palestinians that Israeli officers charged with the arrest of 32-year-old Mutaz Hijazi, on suspicion of potential involvement in the shooting of right-wing U.S.-born rabbi Yehuda Glick, late Wednesday, instead executed him, according to Ma'an correspondence.

Lawyer for the Addameer Palestinian prisoners' rights group Muhammad Mahmoud said, Friday, that he had received the autopsy reports from the director of the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, where the autopsy was held.

Mahmoud stated that four of the bullets struck Hijazi in the chest area, including the heart and lungs -- six hits in his neck area, one in his shoulder, one to the right thigh, two in his right arm, one in the pelvis, three in his right leg and four in left leg were additionally reported.

Mr. Mahmoud said that the bullets in Hijazi's arm had "deformed and crushed" his bones, and that the autopsy further revealed that different types of bullets had been used, presumably from a number of different weapons.

Ma'an further reports that the killing of Hijazi set off a torrent of anger across Jerusalem, and is considered by many to be the second extrajudicial killing of a Palestinian in a week in the city by Israeli forces.
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JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- Undercover Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in East Jerusalem early Thursday suspected of shooting a prominent Israeli extremist hours earlier.

Special forces raided the al-Thuri neighborhood near Silwan at 2:30 a.m. and began searching rooftops before shooting dead Muataz Ibrahim Hijazi, 32, after exchanging fire.

Witnesses said that Hijazi was shot and unable to move or fire back, at which point Israeli forces broke into his home and went to the rooftop.

The special units then threw a water tank on him as he bled to death.

Chairman of a local sports club, Hani Gheith, told Ma'an that Israeli forces only broke into Hijazi's house after they were sure he was critically wounded.

Dozens of locals tried to access the home after the shootout to take Hijazi to hospital but Israeli forces fired at them, injuring 15.

Four were taken to hospital for treatment.

Hijazi had served 11 years in Israeli jails and was freed on June 5, 2012.

He was first detained in 2000 on charges of participating in al-Aqsa Intifada. He was sentenced to seven years , but attacked an Israeli warden while in jail and so was given four more years.

Israeli forces claim Hijazi shot and critically wounded far-right Jewish activist Yehuda Glick in Jerusalem on Wednesday evening.

Glick regularly leads right-wing Jewish groups on tours in the Al-Aqsa compound and works for the Temple Mount Faithful, a group dedicated to building a Jewish temple in the Al-Aqsa compound and the "liberation of the Temple Mount from Arab/Islamic occupation," according to its website.

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Kerry: Open Temple Mount to Muslim worshipers

REUTERS - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he was worried about the escalation of tensions across Jerusalem and urged leaders to reopen Temple Mount to Muslim worshippers.

Kerry condemned the shooting of a U.S. citizen at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem, saying the State Department was seeking more information from the authorities.

Yehuda Glick, a religious activist, was shot and wounded late on Wednesday. He has campaigned for Jews to be allowed to pray at the Al-Aqsa compound, or Temple Mount, a holy site at the heart of the violence.

"It is absolutely critical that all sides exercise restraint, refrain from provocative actions and rhetoric, and preserve the historic status quo on the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount - in word and in practice," Kerry said in a statement.
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by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies

A former Palestinian political prisoner from the ath-Thoury neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied East Jerusalem, was shot and killed by live fire of undercover Israeli soldiers. Israel alleges the slain Palestinian is behind the attempted assassination of fanatic rabbi Yehuda Glick.

Local sources said Mo’taz Ibrahim Hijazi, 32, was killed after the undercover forces invaded his home approximately around 2:30 after midnight.

They added that Hijazi apparently returned fire as the soldiers also took positions on neighboring rooftops, before a short exchange of fire took place.

The Arabs48 news website said the soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition at Hijazi after surrounding him on his rooftop, and invaded his home after ensuring, he suffered multiple gunshot injuries.

Hijazi was bleeding heavily while the soldiers left him on the ground without providing him with urgently needed medical care.

The soldiers kidnapped Ibrahim, the father of Hijazi, and his brother Odai, and assaulted several family members and Palestinians in the neighborhood.

The Police in occupied Jerusalem said the army invaded the home “of a Jerusalemite Palestinian believed to be behind the attempted killing of Glick," and that he allegedly initiated fire targeting the soldiers “who returned fire and killed him,” according to the Israeli statement.

The Police also said they obtained Hijazi’s pistol, and sent it to forensic labs to determine whether it is the same weapon used in the attempted killing of Glick.

Hani Gheith, head of the Ath-Thoury Athletic Club, said dozens of soldiers surrounded the home of Hijazi, and did not invade it until they made sure he was shot and completely incapacitated.

Dozens of local youths attempted to reach the home of Hijazi to ensure he receives the needed medical attention, but the soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets wounding at least fifteen of them.

Gheith said the soldiers turned the Ath-Thoury club into a military base, and that the soldiers were still withholding the body of the slain Palestinian on his rooftop. Clashes also took place between dozens of local youths and the invading soldiers.

Hijazi is a former political prisoner who was held by Israel for 11 years, including 10 years in solitary confinement, and was released on June 5, 2012. He was initially sentenced to six years, but in 2004, he received an additional four-year imprisonment allegedly after attacking a soldier.

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