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Palestinian teenager who died in Israeli prison showed signs of starvation, medical report says

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TEL AVIV (AP) — Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy. Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad, who had been held for six months without being charged, suffered from extreme malnutriti…

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  1. The Republic

    Palestinian teenager who died in Israeli prison showed signs of starvation, medical report says (opens The Republic)

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    TEL AVIV (AP) — Starvation was likely the leading cause of death for a Palestinian teenager who died in an Israeli prison, according to an Israeli doctor who observed the autopsy. Seventeen-year-old Walid Ahmad, who had been held for six months without being charged, suffered from extreme malnutriti…

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Palestinian teen died in Israeli prison after suffering ‘likely prolonged malnutrition’, autopsy finds (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

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    By Kareem Khadder, Tim Lister and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — A 17-year-old Palestinian boy died following “likely prolonged malnutrition” in an

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    Starvation suspected in death of Palestinian teenager held in Israeli prison (opens Thv11)

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    Walid Ahmad, who was held for six months without being charged, is the youngest Palestinian prisoner to die in an Israeli prison since the start of the Gaza war.

  4. CNN

    Palestinian teen died in Israeli prison after suffering likely ‘prolonged malnutrition’, autopsy finds (opens CNN)

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    A 17-year-old Palestinian boy probably died following “likely prolonged malnutrition” in an Israeli prison, according to an autopsy carried out by an Israeli pathologist. The teenager, Walid Khalid Ahmad, is the first minor to have died in Israeli custody since the conflict between Hamas and Israel …

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