Days of Palestine, Jerusalem -Israeli occupation forces killed 10-year-old Palestinian child, claimed the death was a result of “dispute” between “rival” families.
A statement issued on Friday by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces are the only side blamed for the death of the little Palestinian boy.
On July 19, Border Police officers operating in Al-Ram responded to stone-throwing by Palestinian youths with tear gas and black sponge rounds.
One of the rounds hit Muhyiddin at-Tabakhi in the chest, and he later died of his wounds in hospital.
An eyewitness, who himself was shot in the hand with a black sponge round when he went to help the child, said that At-Tabakhi was shot from a distance of approximately 30 metres.
That time, the Israeli occupation authorities were reported by the Israeli media that the Israeli military had nothing to do with the killing of the boy.
Israeli military denied responsibility and “speculated that the boy’s death was a result of a local dispute between rival families,” the Israel media reported.
B’Tselem noted that there have been 32 documented instances in recent years of Israeli police officers firing sponge rounds “unlawfully”, injuring Palestinians and an Israeli journalist in Occupied East Jerusalem. One victim, another 10-year-old boy, lost an eye.
On August 31, 2014, an Israeli police officer in East Jerusalem fired a black sponge round at 15-year-old Palestinian Muhammad Sunuqrut, who died of his wounds on 4 September.
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