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A photo of Rian Suleiman circulating on Palestinian media. Via jta.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Ron Kampeas<\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The Biden administration\u2019s State Department demanded a \u201cthorough and immediate\u201d investigation into the death of a 7-year-old after Israeli soldiers visited his West Bank home.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe U.S. is heartbroken to learn of the death of an innocent Palestinian child,\u201d State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said. \u201cWe support a thorough and immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the child\u2019s death, and I believe the IDF itself has also indicated it will be looking into what has \u2013 what transpired as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rian Suleiman collapsed and died after soldiers visited his home in the West Bank town of Teqoa, near Bethlehem, on Thursday, according to his uncle, Mohammed Suleiman,\u00a0who spoke to Haaretz.<\/a>\u00a0(The town shares a name with a nearby Jewish settlement.) He said the boy was frightened after shouting broke out between the soldiers and the boy\u2019s father because the soldiers wanted to arrest Rian\u2019s older brothers, who are 8 and 10.<\/p>\n

Haaretz quoted defense officials as saying that troops were at the house investigating a stone-throwing incident and were not aware of the boy\u2019s death until they heard the father shouting after they left.<\/p>\n

The defense official said the army was investigating the incident, adding that their initial inquiries have found no connection between the soldiers\u2019 presence and Rian\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

Palestinian Authority officials had initially said Suleiman died after falling while being chased by Israeli troops.<\/p>\n

Tensions are high in the West Bank as Israel continues raids aimed at routing out terrorists behind a series of deadly attacks on Israeli civilians in the spring. A raid earlier this week in Jenin\u00a0resulted in the death of four Palestinians whom Israel said were involved in militant activity<\/a>, including the brother of a man who murdered three people in a shooting attack in Tel Aviv in April.<\/p>\n

A prominent Palestinian journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, was killed during a similar raid in May, and the Biden administration pressed Israel for answers. Israeli officials initially said Abu Akleh might have been killed by Palestinian militants, but earlier this month\u00a0acknowledged that the shooter was likely Israeli.<\/a>\u00a0They said her killing was not deliberate.<\/p>\n

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