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azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
Mon Aug 27, 2012, 03:15 PM Aug 2012

Settlers attack elderly Palestinian

A group of Israeli settlers on Monday attacked a Palestinian man from Khirbet Bir Al-Idd village, near Hebron, medics and the Israeli army said.

Eight residents of the illegal Mitzpe Yair attacked Ismail Ibrahim al-Adra, 65, and then fled the scene, locals told Ma'an.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said Israeli civilians threw rocks at al-Adra. She said Israeli soldiers provided medical treatment at the scene to the 65-year-old, and that soldiers were searching the area for suspects.

Red Crescent official Nasser Qabaja told Ma'an that Palestinian medics took al-Adra to Hebron Hospital, where he is being treated for moderate injuries.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=514984

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Settlers attack elderly Palestinian (Original Post) azurnoir Aug 2012 OP
Not so sure . . . Richard D Aug 2012 #1
average life expectancy for Palestinian males in the West Bank is roughly 73 years azurnoir Aug 2012 #2

azurnoir

(45,850 posts)
2. average life expectancy for Palestinian males in the West Bank is roughly 73 years
Mon Aug 27, 2012, 04:01 PM
Aug 2012

perhaps that is why he was referred to as elderly

total population: 75.01 years
male: 72.97 years
female: 77.17 years (2011 est.)
Total fertility rate

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Palestinian_territories

but I am glad you gathered something from the article

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