Palestinian gunmen stormed a hospital in Jenin and seized the body of a young Israeli Druze civilian who had been in a car accident in the West Bank, authorities on both sides of the conflict said Wednesday. The gunmen are demanding the return of the bodies of Palestinians killed by Israeli troops, they said.
The victim, identified as Tiran Ferro, was involved in the accident on Tuesday alongside another civilian, Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. He is a member of the Druze minority, community leaders told CNN. Ferro’s father told Israeli media the teenager was alive and taken off life support in a hospital by a group of Palestinian gunmen. But Jenin governor Akram Rajoub told CNN that Ferro was dead when his body was taken.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid vowed Wednesday that “the kidnappers would pay a heavy price” if Tiran’s body was not returned: “Israel has proven in recent months that there is no place and no terrorist that it does not know how to reach.” Lapid said Ferro was going to celebrate his 18th birthday on Thursday.
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