A 16-year-old Israeli boy’s trip to visit his online Palestinian girlfriend ended tragically when his body was found riddled with bullets according to Israeli security sources. The Israeli and the Palestinian he met on the Internet arranged to meet, and he was told to bring a sum of money that was apparently stolen after he was killed.
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