Days of Palestine, West Bank –An Israeli soldier failed on Friday to arrest 12-year old Palestinian boy in Al-Nabi Saleh village of the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli soldier chased the boy, who was away from an anti-Israeli protest, and called on him, asking him to stop walking. Then, he rushed towards the boy, attempting to arrest him.
According to a video and several photos, went viral on the internet, the Israeli soldier, who was masked and holding an automatic gun, put the boy under his hand and asked him to move along towards the gathering of the other troops.
However, the boy, who had his hand broken and he appeared in cast, started crying and refused to go with the masked Israeli soldier.
A number of the protesters nearby heard him and approached the Israeli soldier and did their best to release him.
Later on, the boy was identified as Mohamed Basim al-Tamimi, 12, and the ladies, who pulled him from the hands of the Israeli soldier, were his mother Nariman al-Tamimi, his sister Ahed al-Tamimi and his aunt Manal al-Tamimi.
Commenting on the incident, the Israeli occupation army claimed that the boy was throwing stones at the Israeli soldiers, when they wanted to arrest him. However, it was clear that his arm was broken and he was in cast, thus, it was impossible for him to throw stones.
The strangest issue was that the main stream Western and American media described the incident as a clash between Israelis and Palestinians and said that the boy was throwing stones.
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