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Dear John
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Early this morning, Israeli forces shot
16-year-old Sanad
Mohammad Khalil Abu Atiya in the chest
with live ammunition in Jenin,
killing him. Sanad is the fifth
Palestinian children shot and killed
by Israeli forces this year.
Read
and share Sanad's
story »
An Israeli
soldier shot Sanad as he approached
Yazeed al-Saadi, 22, moments after
al-Saadi was shot in the back of the
head. Sanad was
killed as Israeli forces were leaving
the area after conducting a
search and arrest operation in nearby
Jenin refugee camp. Palestinian
residents
reportedly threw stones at the armored
Israeli military vehicles as
they withdrew from Jenin refugee camp
towards Jenin’s Al-Zahra
neighborhood.
An
eyewitness reported that gunshots were
fired from the refugee camp as
the Israeli vehicles left the area.
Palestinian residents who were
throwing stones began to flee, as one
of the armored Israeli military
vehicles drove in reverse pursuing
those who were fleeing, an
eyewitness told DCIP.
An Israeli
soldier exited the passenger side of
the jeep, took a shooting
position, and fired around 15 live
ammunition rounds in quick
succession, the eyewitness told DCIP.
The soldier shot al-Saadi in the
back of the head, and al-Saadi fell to
the ground about two meters
from a car that Sanad and the
eyewitness were hiding behind. Sanad
was
shot as he approached al-Saadi in an
attempt to render aid, the
eyewitness told DCIP.
Israeli
forces frequently ignore their
obligation under international law to
only resort to intentional lethal
force when a direct, mortal threat
to life or of serious injury exists.
They must be held accountable for
killing Palestinian children with
impunity.
In
solidarity,
![DCIP_Staff__headshot_BParker_200x200.png]( "Brad
Parker")
Ayed Abu Eqtaish
Accountability Program Director
Defense for
Children International - Palestine |