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New film tells tale of Palestinian killed in error by IDF who went on to save Israeli lives - Haaretz - Israel News

New film tells tale of Palestinian killed in error by IDF who went on to save Israeli lives - Haaretz - Israel News: "Of the hundreds of tragic tales of children killed during decades of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Ahmed Khatib's must rank among the most remarkable.

Khatib was shot dead in 2005 by Israeli soldiers who mistook him for a gunman in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin. Still grieving, his father agreed to donate Ahmed's heart, liver, lungs and kidneys to save the lives of Israeli children."

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