The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed Wednesday the death of a Palestinian child who Israeli Border Police officers shot in Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
The Health Ministry said the child, Mohammad Ali, 17, was fatally wounded during protests that took place when the army invaded the refugee camp to demolish the home of a slain Palestinian.
Israeli media said the child aimed a toy gun at the soldiers and border police officers, but they shot and killed him “because they didn’t know it was fake.”
The Israeli “Border Police” claimed there was no way to know the gun was fake because it “looked real,” but could not negate the facts, captured on police video, clearly showing the child running away after already dropping the “gun.”
Israeli daily, Jerusalem Post, said the police later discovered that the gun was a dummy, adding that although the officers could not have been sure it was a toy gun in advance, it remains “unclear whether the killing was justified, given that at the moment he was hit, the child had thrown away the “weapon” and was running away.
It stated that a response from the police failed to address the issue of the slain child being shot after dropping the toy gun and fleeing but said the child “showed open signs of presenting a threat.”
The Israeli army refused to comment on the fatal shooting and only stated that even though the soldiers were there, the “incident is managed by the border police, not the military, because it took place in East Jerusalem, not other parts of the West Bank.
The child was officially pronounced dead after he was taken to Hadassah Israeli medical center in Jerusalem. His family tried to take his body for burial, but their request was denied.
Furthermore, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers shot a young man with a live round in the shoulder and caused dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Also Wednesday, the soldiers killed Aref Abdul-Nasser Lahlouh, 20, after an alleged ‘stabbing attack’ near the illegal Kedumim colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands near Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
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Soldiers Seriously Injure A Palestinian Near Jerusalem
Jan 25, 2023 at 15:59
On Wednesday, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian man in the Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the soldiers shot the Palestinian with live fire in the chest, inflicting life-threatening wounds.
It added that Palestinian medics rushed to the scene, but the soldiers initially did not allow them to approach the Palestinian, and eventually, the medics provided him with the needed first aid and rushed him to a hospital.
Earlier Wednesday, the soldiers invaded the Dahiat Al-Salam area, between Abata and Shu’fat refugee camp, and demolished the apartment of the family of Odai Kamal Tamimi, 22, who the soldiers killed last year.
In related news, the soldiers killed Aref Abdul-Nasser Aref Lahlouh, 22, after an alleged ‘stabbing attack’ near the illegal Kedumim colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
