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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Henriette Chacar

Palestinian teenager dreamt of being a chef before attack, teachers say

Israeli Border police arrives at the family house of Mahmoud Aleiwat, the 13-year-old Palestinian who is suspected of shooting at and wounding two Israeli passers-by on Saturday, at Silwan neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, January 29, 2023. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

In the middle of last week, 13-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Aleiwat was pressing his teachers for the school report he needed so he could go to a Jerusalem college to train as a chef.

Three days later, he was lying unconscious in hospital accused of opening fire at a group of Israeli passers-by in Jerusalem's Silwan district.

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