A Palestinian boy was shot dead by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
Mohammed Shehadeh, 14, was killed in Al Khader, a town near Bethlehem, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. It gave no further details.
The Israeli army said soldiers opened fire after spotting three people throwing firebombs at passing traffic. The troops were stationed in the area after seven firebombing attacks over the past month.
“The troops operated to stop them, firing at one of the suspects,” said the Israeli army. It revealed that Mohammed died despite being given first aid.
The Israeli military considers firebombing and stone-throwing to be life-threatening acts and justifies the use of live fire as a response. Human rights groups have accused the army of regularly using excessive force.
Israel captured the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war and has established dozens of settlements where more than 500,000 settlers live.
Palestinians want the territory, as well as east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, to form part of their future state and view the settlements as a major obstacle to resolving the conflict.
Who has lived at The Bishops Avenue?
- George Sainsbury of the supermarket dynasty, sugar magnate William Park Lyle and actress Dame Gracie Fields were residents in the 1930s when the street was only known as ‘Millionaires’ Row’.
- Then came the international super rich, including the last king of Greece, Constantine II, the Sultan of Brunei and Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal who was at one point ranked the third richest person in the world.
- Turkish tycoon Halis Torprak sold his mansion for £50m in 2008 after spending just two days there. The House of Saud sold 10 properties on the road in 2013 for almost £80m.
- Other residents have included Iraqi businessman Nemir Kirdar, singer Ariana Grande, holiday camp impresario Sir Billy Butlin, businessman Asil Nadir, Paul McCartney’s former wife Heather Mills.
Hunting park to luxury living
- Land was originally the Bishop of London's hunting park, hence the name
- The road was laid out in the mid 19th Century, meandering through woodland and farmland
- Its earliest houses at the turn of the 20th Century were substantial detached properties with extensive grounds
Countdown to Zero exhibition will show how disease can be beaten
Countdown to Zero: Defeating Disease, an international multimedia exhibition created by the American Museum of National History in collaboration with The Carter Center, will open in Abu Dhabi a month before Reaching the Last Mile.
Opening on October 15 and running until November 15, the free exhibition opens at The Galleria mall on Al Maryah Island, and has already been seen at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum in Atlanta, the American Museum of Natural History in New York, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
