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    Father of American teen killed in West Bank by Israeli fire rails against US support as son buried

    by Julia Frankel and Nasser Nasser Jan 20, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

    The father of an American teen killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank railed against Washington's military support for Israel, as hundreds of mourners buried the 17-year-old in the family's ancestral Palestinian village Saturday.

    The death of Tawfiq Ajaq on Friday drew an immediate expression of concern from the White House and a pledge from Israeli police to investigate.

    It was the latest fatal shooting in the West Bank, where nearly 370 Palestinians have been war in Gaza more than three months ago. The Biden administration has repeatedly expressed concern about violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in recent months.

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