Palestinian dies a year after being shot

A Palestinian shot in a 2012 clash with Israeli troops died of his injuries in an Israeli hospital on Thursday, Palestinian security officials told Agence France Presse. They named the man as Mahmud Waji Awad, 24, and said he was shot in the West Bank's Qalandiya camp, between Ramallah and Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem, about a year ago. They did not give the precise date of the incident or the circumstances. Situated on the edge of the occupied West Bank in an area manned by Israeli security forces, Qalandiya is a frequent flashpoint between the two sides. In August this year Palestinian negotiators cancelled a session of peace talks with Israel after three Palestinians were shot dead and 19 wounded by Israeli forces facing what the police said was a stone-throwing crowd of 1,500 Palestinians in the camp.