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Funeral for Palestinian-US teenager killed in West Bank

(20 Jan 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Ramallah, West Bank - 20 January 2024 1. Mid of family of Tawfiq Ajaq, an American Palestinian who was shot and killed in Ramallah, crying next to his body which is wrapped in a Palestinian flag and covered with flowers 2. Various of mourners carrying body, marching and chanting 3. Mourners offering condolences to Tawfiq Ajaq's father, Hafez Ajaq 4. Mourner hugging Tawfiq's body and crying 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Hafez Ajaq, father of Tawfiq Ajaq: "They don't know any difference from children, women, elderly, young men, older men, they don't know anything or the difference. They don't care. They are killing machines and they are using our tax dollars in the US to support the weapons to kill our own children, (a) 16-year-old yesterday, what has he done? Born and raised in the US, he has been here for one year, he does not know anything. I am teaching him what is life, I am teaching him what is the land, what is the cost of the land and here he is, he is paying for it, for freedom." 6. Various of mourners carrying body and chanting 7. SOUNDBITE (English) Hafez Ajaq, father of Tawfiq Ajaq: "The American society does not know the true story and they - all the fake news in the US - they give them only what they want to give them to watch, only to to support the Israeli side. But come here on the ground and see what's going on, come here and test and see for (with) your own eyes what kind of life we are living here. What is the pressure they put us under, what is the women and kids and how many fathers and mothers have to say goodbye to their children. How many more?" 8. Various of mourners carrying body, marching and chanting STORYLINE: In the Israeli-occupied West Bank mourners gathered on Saturday for the funeral of an American Palestinian teenager who was shot and killed a day earlier near the city of Ramallah. The body of teenager Tawfiq Ajaq was carried through the streets with crowds of people chanting and consoling his family. Friends and family of the teenager said the family had returned to their home village in the West Bank from Harvey, Louisiana about a year ago. "What has he done? Born and raised in the US, he has been here for one year, he does not know anything," his father, Hafez Ajaq, told the Associated Press. "I am teaching him what is life, I am teaching him what is the land, what is the cost of the land and here he is, he is paying for it, for freedom." The circumstances of the shooting remained unclear Saturday. In a statement, Israeli police said they received a report Friday regarding a “firearm discharge, ostensibly involving an off-duty law enforcement officer, a soldier and a civilian.” Police did not identify who fired the shot but described the shooting as taking place over people “purportedly engaged in rock-throwing activities" along a main highway. Police said the incident was being investigated, including by its internal affairs department. Asked about the shooting, U.S. national security spokesman John Kirby said officials at the White House were “seriously concerned about these reports.” In recent months, the Biden administration has repeatedly expressed concern about growing volatility in the West Bank, including violence by settlers against Palestinians. AP video shot by Imad Isseid. =========================================================== Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...