An 80-year-old Palestinian man, said to be a US citizen, found dead after being assaulted and detained by Israeli soldiers, Palestinian officials and locals say
In a post on Facebook, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh blamed Israeli forces for the man's death, calling it a"crime".
The body of Omar Abdalmajeed Asad was found in Jiljilya in the early hours of the morning with a plastic zip-tie still around one wrist, villagers said on Wednesday.It said he was alive when the soldiers released him and the military had launched an investigation into the matter.
Islam Abu Zaher, a local doctor who said he had tried to resuscitate Asad but found no pulse, said there were no obvious signs of injury and the cause of death was unclear.
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