Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen during West Bank protest, Palestinian ministry says

Record ID: 1463396

  • Title: Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen during West Bank protest, Palestinian ministry says
  • Date: 11th March 2020
  • Summary: NABLUS, WEST BANK (MARCH 11, 2020) (REUTERS) WOMEN CRYING AND HEADING OUT FROM EMERGENCY ROOM PALESTINIAN POLICEMAN IN HOSPITAL STANDING NEXT TO TEEN, SHOT DEAD BY ISRAELI FORCES FATHER OF TEEN CRYING PEOPLE GATHERING NEAR BODY POLICEMEN TAKING BODY ON STRETCHER TOWARD MORGUE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) WALEED ASSAF, THE HEAD OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION AGAINST THE WALL AND SETTLEMENTS, SAYING: "They (the soldiers) got orders from the officer to shoot toward the people who were sitting, they fired toward us within seconds, tens of us were injured. One was shot in the head by a bullet, another in his heart, I was injured in my arms also my companions were injured." VARIOUS OF MAN CRYING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) YOUSEF HAMAEEL, UNCLE OF THE TEEN WHO WAS SHOT DEAD, SAYING: "He is like other children, he protested against the occupation, he was on the hills to protest against occupation. He is a child, the soldiers fired toward him while they were at point blank range and he was martyred." BEITA, WEST BANK (MARCH 11, 2020) (REUTERS) PALESTINIAN WEARING GAS MASK KICK TEAR GAS CANISTER OFF THE ROAD ISRAELI SOLDIERS FIRING CROWD CONTROL WEAPON ISRAELI MILITARY VEHICLE DRIVING BY SOLDIERS PALESTINIANS STANDING ON ROAD A NUMBER OF AMBULANCES PARKED ON ROAD SMOKE RISING FROM HILL ISRAELI SOLDIERS GETTING READY AND POINTING WEAPONS PALESTINIAN MAN WITH A SLINGSHOT ISRAELI ARMY VEHICLE SHOOTING RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (MARCH 11, 2020) (REUTERS) SPOKESMAN FOR THE PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, IBRAHIM MELHEM AT NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) SPOKESMAN FOR THE PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT, IBRAHIM MELHEM, SAYING: "We strongly condemn the Israeli aggression this morning on our people at al-Arma hill, which resulted in 17 people injured who were defending their land and families." BEITA, WEST BANK (MARCH 11, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS ON HILLSIDE VARIOUS OF PALESTINIANS ON HILLSIDE ROAD DURING CLASHES
  • Embargoed: 25th March 2020 11:47
  • Keywords: Israel Nablus Palestinians West Bank settlers
  • Location: BEITA, NABLUS, RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
  • City: BEITA, NABLUS, RAMALLAH, WEST BANK
  • Country: Palestinian Territories
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA001C4LY7NR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday (March 11) during a protest against feared Israeli land confiscation, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
    The Israeli military had no immediate comment.
    A Reuters cameraman at the scene said protesters threw rocks at soldiers, who opened fire and shot tear gas canisters while trying to clear them from a hilltop near the Israeli settlement of Itamar.
    The Palestinian Health Ministry said one youth Mohammed Hamaeel, aged 15, was killed by a live bullet, and another 18 protesters were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets fired by the troops.
    Palestinians and much of the world view settlements that Israel has built in territory captured in the 1967 Middle East war as illegal. Israel disputes this.
    (Production: Ashraf Shaweesh, Suheir Sheikh, Nuha Sharaf, Roleen Tafakji)
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