{"id":15285,"date":"2014-07-06T09:09:44","date_gmt":"2014-07-06T09:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/us-angry-at-american-s-beating-in-israeli-custody\/"},"modified":"2014-07-06T09:09:39","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T09:09:39","slug":"us-angry-at-american-s-beating-in-israeli-custody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/us-angry-at-american-s-beating-in-israeli-custody\/","title":{"rendered":"US Angry At American’s Beating in Israeli Custody"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{A “profoundly troubled” United States condemned reports on Saturday that an American teenager detained in Israel was “severely beaten” while in police custody, amid heightened tensions with Palestinians.}}<\/p>\n

The parents of Tariq Abu Khder, a 15-year-old cousin of a Palestinian youth murdered earlier this week, have told press that their son was arrested in Shuafat after being beaten by police on Thursday during his holiday stay in the area.<\/p>\n

State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said the United States “strongly condemn[s] any excessive use of force,” referring to the alleged beating.<\/p>\n

Clashes have erupted in recent days, sparked by the abduction and murder of Tariq’s cousin Mohammed Abu Khder, aged 16, as autopsy reports showed he was burned alive.<\/p>\n

Palestinians said Jewish extremists killed him in revenge for the kidnapping and murder in the West Bank last month of three Israeli teenagers.<\/p>\n

Tariq was still in Israeli custody, Psaki confirmed, adding that a US consulate official had visited him on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“We are profoundly troubled by reports that he was severely beaten while in police custody,” Psaki said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“We are calling for a speedy, transparent and credible investigation and full accountability for any excessive use of force.”<\/p>\n

Rocket fire targeting Israel from Gaza has also increased, raising fears of an escalation with the Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Palestinian enclave.<\/p>\n

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{The mother of Tariq Abu Khder (portrait), the 15-year-old cousin of the murdered Palestinian youth Mohammed, shows a picture of her son, she took of him at the hospital, he was assaulted by Israeli border police in East Jerusalem.} <\/p>\n

AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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