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12-year-old boy dies after being hit by rubber bullet from Israeli soldiers

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12-yr-old boy dies after being hit by rubber bullet from Israeli soldiers

The West Bank area of Jerusalem witnessed another death when a 12-year-old Palestinian boy identified as Mohiyeh al-Tabakhi was shot dead by Israeli soldiers.

Reports say the victim suffered a fatal heart attack after being hit with a rubber-coated bullet when soldiers fired at demonstrators near Jerusalem.

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Medical sources informed that the boy was hit in the chest by the bullet which caused him a cardiac arrest that led to his untimely death.

“Mohiyeh al-Tabakhi, 12, was killed by shots fired by occupation soldiers in the Al-Ram area near Jerusalem,” the Palestinian ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

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