JERUSALEM, Nov. 16 (JTA) – Three Israeli Arabs have received transplanted organs from a Palestinian boy who was shot by an Israeli soldier during demonstrations last week near Bethlehem. The boy, Ali Jawarish, 8, was declared brain dead Saturday after he was shot by a rubber bullet. He was kept on life support equipment until organ donors could be found. His family decided to have the organs flown to an Israeli hospital, saying it did not matter to them whether a Jew or Arab received them. An 18-month-old baby received a kidney, a 12-year-old boy received a liver and a kidney, and a 15-year-old boy received the heart and lungs. The operations were conducted at Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikva. Clashes erupted Sunday in Bethlehem after Jawarish’s funeral. Palestinian youths threw stones at Israeli troops, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. One Israeli soldier was hit in the face by a stone. Sixteen Palestinians were reportedly injured.
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