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| Several Suspects Arrested in Death of Palestinian Youth, Israeli Official Says | |
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| JERUSALEM — The Israeli police have arrested a number of suspects in connection with the kidnapping and killing of a Palestinian youth from East Jerusalem who was found beaten and burned in a Jerusalem forest last week, an Israeli official said Sunday. | |
| The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of legal and political restrictions related to the case, added that the motive appeared to be “nationalistic,” indicating that it was a revenge attack for the recent kidnapping and killing of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank. | |
| Several East Jerusalem neighborhoods have erupted in outrage over the killing of the Palestinian teenager, Muhammad Abu Khdeir, 16, with youths clashing with Israeli security forces for several days. The unrest spread over the weekend to some Arab towns in northern Israel, and tensions remained high along the border with Gaza in the south. | |
| Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel called for calm. | |
| “We are working on several fronts simultaneously,” he said in remarks before Sunday’s cabinet meeting. “Experience proves that at such times we must act responsibly and with equanimity, not hastily,” he added. “We will do whatever is necessary to restore quiet and security to the south.” | |
| Mr. Netanyahu also called on local Arab leaders to “show responsibility and come out against the wave of disturbances in order to restore quiet.” | |
| At least six suspects have been arrested, according to officials and reports by Israeli news websites. Officials speaking for the police and the Shin Bet internal security agency refused to provide details immediately, citing an order barring public comments, but they confirmed that there had been a significant development in the case. | |
| After Muhammad’s body was discovered on Wednesday, the police said they were investigating the episode and were trying to determine the motive for the killing. | After Muhammad’s body was discovered on Wednesday, the police said they were investigating the episode and were trying to determine the motive for the killing. |
| Security cameras in the Shuafat neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where Muhammad was snatched a few yards from his home, captured images of two men who local residents identified as the kidnappers. On Saturday, the Palestinian attorney general said that an autopsy had found soot in Muhammad’s lungs, suggesting that he had been burned alive after being beaten. | Security cameras in the Shuafat neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where Muhammad was snatched a few yards from his home, captured images of two men who local residents identified as the kidnappers. On Saturday, the Palestinian attorney general said that an autopsy had found soot in Muhammad’s lungs, suggesting that he had been burned alive after being beaten. |
| Israeli troops remained amassed along the border with Gaza, threatening a large-scale military operation to stop Palestinian militants from firing rockets against southern Israeli towns. | |
| The tit-for-tat clashes continued on Sunday, even as efforts were underway to restore an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire that came into effect after eight days of fierce cross-border fighting in November 2012. Militants fired 15 rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel, according to the Israeli military, hours after Israel carried out 10 airstrikes against targets associated with militant groups in Gaza. No casualties were reported on either side. |