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  • June 6, 2014

    In the West Bank, the body of a Palestinian engineering student is discovered nr. al-Jaba‘ checkpoint. According to the man’s friends, he was attempting to bypass the checkpoint on 6/4 when they...

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In the West Bank, the body of a Palestinian engineering student is discovered nr. al-Jaba‘ checkpoint. According to the man’s friends, he was attempting to bypass the checkpoint on 6/4 when they lost sight of him and heard the sounds of gunfire. The IDF returns the man’s effects to his family, but not his body, which is kept at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Abu Kabir. Meanwhile, the IDF conducts house searches and arrest raids in Hebron and 2 nearby, 2 villages nr. Qalqilya, and in 1 village each nr. Jenin and Nablus at night; patrols in al-‘Arub r.c. nr. Hebron, where clashes leave 1 resident wounded by live ammunition, in the afternoon, and in 2 villages nr. Ramallah, and in 1 village each nr. Hebron and Qalqilya at night. IDF troops violently disperse Palestinian, Israeli, and international protesters at weekly demonstrations against Israel’s separation wall, settlements and occupation in 3 villages nr. Ramallah (Bil‘in, Nabi Salih, and Ni‘lin), and 1 village nr. Qalqilya (Kafr Qaddum). There are no serious injuries, except in Bil‘in, where 2 are wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets, and Ni‘lin, where 1 is wounded by live ammunition. In East Jerusalem, Israeli police raid the Palestine TV studios and detain 3 mbrs. of staff. (AFP, MNA 6/6; MNA 6/10; PCHR 6/12)