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Ishaq Badran body on the ground shortly after he was shot dead by Israeli soldiers – Photo by WAFA

4 photos taken by witnesses at the scene. (Ynet)
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JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- A Palestinian teen was shot and killed by Israeli police near the Damascus Gate of occupied East Jerusalem's Old City on Saturday, marking the tenth Palestinian to be killed in the last 24 hours.

The teen, identified as Ishaq Badran, 16, from Kafr Aqab, was killed after carrying out an alleged stabbing attack in the area, the latest in a series of attacks that have rocked Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory in recent days.

An Israeli police spokesperson told Ma'an that "a man was stabbed, possibly two," before Israeli security forces arrived on the scene, shooting and killing the alleged attacker.

Initial Israeli reports say the victims -- two Israelis -- were left with light injuries.

Israeli forces dispersed crowds of Palestinians gathered at the scene with tear gas and sound bombs. Hebrew-language news site Walla reported that a 35-year-old Israeli journalist was shot by Israeli forces with a rubber-coated steel bullet during the dispersal.

The death of the suspected attacker brings the total number of Palestinians killed since Oct. 1 to 17. Four Israelis, including two settlers, have been killed in the same time period.

Since yesterday morning, seven Palestinians were killed during and after demonstrations in Gaza, Muhammad al-Jaabari, 19, was shot after allegedly stabbing an Israeli border policeman in a Hebron settlement, and Ahmad Salah, 24, was killed during clashes in Shufat.

While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to take measures to prevent further attacks and escalation across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, critics say the measures protect Israelis while leaving Palestinians unprotected targets of attacks by Israelis and security forces.

Amnesty International on Friday accused Israel of using "possible extrajudicial executions" against Palestinians in recent weeks as well as "excessive force on a massive scale," including "extensive use of live ammunition against people who were not posing an imminent threat of death or serious injury."

Recent video footage of two suspected attackers shot dead by Israeli forces show the Palestinian suspects posing little to no threat.

Palestinian Fadi Alloun, 19, was shot dead by Israeli forces after an alleged stabbing attack on Saturday, although a video of his death showed he posed no threat at the time and was running away from a group of Israelis.

On Friday, a Palestinian woman was shot and injured after an alleged stabbing attempt in Afula, but video footage of the incident shows that the woman posed no threat when she was shot.

Reports from Israeli army and police spokespersons following alleged attacks often say the suspected attackers are "neutralized," meaning they have been shot dead or critically injured.

Meanwhile an Israeli teenager who stabbed and injured four Palestinian workers in Dimona in southern Israel on Friday was arrested by Israeli authorities without injury.
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by IMEMC News - IMEMC News
Saturday October 10, 2015 17:16

A Palestinian youth was shoot dead by Israeli soldiers at Damascus Gate just outside Jerusalem’s old city of Saturday afternoon, Palestinian sources reported.

According to witnesses the youth was chased by Israeli troops and gunned down then was left to bleed on the ground. Up until the time of this report, the name or the circumstances of his death remains unclear.

The attack took place just few meters away from another incident were Israeli police shoot and killed and Palestinian youth on Saturday morning.

16-year-old Ishaq Badran from the town of Kufer Aqeb near Jerusalem, was shoot dead at a falafel restaurant where he works n the al-Misrara area, near Damascus Gate in occupied east Jerusalem.

Earlier on Saturday morning, medical sources reported that two Palestinians died of severe gunshot injuries they suffered at the hands of Israeli soldiers in separate incidents, one in Sho’fat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem, and one in Deir al-Balah, in Central Gaza.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that 11 Palestinian were killed since Friday morning so far. The ministry add in a press statement that 220 Palestinians were also injured by Israeli live gunfire and rubber coated steel bullets in the past 24 hours.

Moreover, since the start of October Israeli attacks have left 18 Palestinians killed and at least 1000 others injured by soldiers’ live gunfire and rubber coated steel bullets, the Ministry of Health added.

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by IMEMC News - IMEMC News & Agencies
Saturday October 10, 2015 11:55

Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian youth on Saturday morning in the al-Misrara area, in Bab al-Amoud in occupied east Jerusalem.

sraeli media sources claimed that the youth tried to stab two settlers before he was shot dead by Israeli officers.

Palestinian news sources identified the murdered youth as 16-year-old Ishaq Badran from the town of Kufer Aqeb near Jerusalem.

Last Saturday Israeli police shoot and killed a Palestinian teenager at the same location. The young man was running away from a mob of right-wing Jewish Israeli settlers towards Israeli police officers when the officers shot him dead.

Journalist Daliya Al Namari from Russia Today Arabic news channel was on the scene of today's murder of 16-year old Ishraq, and said that Palestinian witnesses told her that the youth did not attack any settlers and was shot by Israeli soldiers without any reason.

Israeli police attacked Al Namari and forced her away from the area while she was live on TV. Around the same time, the troops shot and injured another Palestinian cameraman in the area.
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