Girl wounded by Israeli troops dies in hospital

A Palestinian girl wounded by Israeli security forces troops was taken off life support and died today, hospital officials said.

Yael Bossem-Levy, a spokeswoman for Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, said Abir Aramin, 10, was declared clinically dead yesterday and taken off life support this morning.

Aramin was hit in the head and wounded by a stun grenade thrown by Israeli security personnel during a demonstration against Israel’s separation barrier in the West Bank town of Anata, near Jerusalem, on Tuesday.

Her father, Bassam Aramin, 37, was among the founders of Combatants for Peace, a group of former Israeli and Palestinian fighters who work for a peaceful solution to the conflict.