Baby dies in West Bank after inhaling teargas, says Palestinian ministry

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Baby dies in West Bank after inhaling teargas, says Palestinian ministry

Eight-month-old baby suffocates inside family home in village south of
Bethlehem after Israeli forces fire teargas

Kate Shuttleworth in Jerusalem
Friday 30 October 2015 19.25 GMT

An eight-month-old Palestinian baby has died after inhaling teargas in a village near Bethlehem, the Palestinian ministry of health has said, on another day of killings and clashes in the West Bank.

The baby, named as Ramadan Mohammad Faisal Thawabta, suffocated inside his family home in Beit Fajjar, a village south of Bethlehem.

Abu Anan, a medic with Red Crescent, said Israeli forces had fired teargas into the house during clashes between the army and Palestinians. “We went to the family house and we tried to save his life, but we failed. He was dead,” he said.

It was not immediately clear if a teargas grenade had entered the house or if the baby had been exposed to gas that had seeped in from outside. Thawabta’s body was being transported to Beit Jala governmental hospital. The Israeli defence forces said they were looking into the incident.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/30/baby-dies-west-bank-inhaling-teargas-palestinian-ministry-israel

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1. Border cop suspended for threatening to ‘gas’ Palestinians

http://www.timesofisrael.com/border-cop-suspended-for-threatening-to-gas-palestinians/

A Border Police officer was suspended from operational duty on Friday after video footage emerged of him apparently threatening to gas and kill Palestinian civilians in the West Bank a day earlier.



According to a Channel 2 report, the threats were made after violent demonstrations were held in the Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem on Thursday.




A video released by the Palestinian news agency Ma’an shows what appears to be an Israeli patrol car enter the camp. A man then begins to threaten residents over a loudspeaker.

“You throw stones and we will hit you with gas until you all die. The children, the youth and the old people, you will all die. We won’t leave any of you alive,” the man calls out in Arabic.

“We have arrested one of you,” he continues. “He’s with us now. We took him from his home and we will slaughter and kill him while you watch if you keep throwing stones. Go home or we will gas you until you die. Your family, your children, everyone. We will kill you.”

[oberliner]

2. What a sad and depressing story

Heartbreaking.

[Little Tich]

3. The IDF will just say it was regrettable but necessary and shrug their shoulders until next time...