Affrontements en Cisjordanie : un mort à كسوري Kusra (نابلس Naplouse) – 23 septembre 2011

‘Palestinian killed in W. Bank clashes with the IDF’

jpost.com

09/23/2011

Ma’an report says 33-year-old man shot by IDF soldiers; IDF confirms it was operating in area, had been working to quell violent protests.

A Palestinian was reportedly killed on Friday during clashes with the IDF outside the village of Qusra in the West Bank, marking the first casualty since riots began earlier this week in conjunction with the Palestinian Authority’s bid for statehood at the United Nations.

The IDF said that it was looking into the reports and had launched a joint investigation with PA security forces. The Ma’an News Agency identified the dead man as Issam Kamal Odeh, 33, and said he was shot by two bullets in the neck and shoulder during clashes with the IDF troops near Qusra and not far from the city of Nablus.

The IDF confirmed that it was operating in the area and had been working to quell violent protests which erupted outside the village with the participation of around 300 Palestinians. The military said that soldiers used various riot dispersal means including live fire. Two other Palestinians were also reported to have been injured.

Earlier in the day, violence broke out in east Jerusalem and at the Kalandiya Crossing north of Jerusalem. A number of East Jerusalem Arabs and Palestinians were arrested by police. Other protests were held at the villages of Bilin and Nilin near the West Bank security barrier.

The IDF was on high alert throughout the West Bank amid fears that Palestinians would launch large-scale demonstrations in conjunction with PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s speech later Friday at the United Nations. Read more…

Melanie Lidman and Jpost.com staff contributed to this report.