A 14-year-old Palestinian-American child He has died after being shot this Sunday by Israeli settlers near the town of Turmus Ayya, northeast of Ramala at the occupied West Bank, the mayor of the town, Lafi Shalabi, informed Efe.
As Shalabi has indicated in telephone conversation, the child He was on the street with two friends aged 13 and 14 -who were injured – When they were trigger for settlers. The family of the deceased, added the mayor, lived in the United States and more than ten years ago returned to the West Bank to settle there.
The child, Omar Mohamad Rabea, He was arrested by the Israeli army after they opened fire against him And he died after succumbing to his wounds, he has detailed the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Shalabi has expressed that after his death there have been no arrests of suspects of the crime and that the Israeli army now retains the child’s body. The Two other children suffered gunshot wounds in the abdomen and thigh And they were transferred to a hospital near the town of Turmus Ayya by the Palestine Red Crescent.
Asked about the incident, the Israeli army has told Efe to be reviewing the details. On the other hand, the Palestinian Wafa agency, which cites local sources, also pointed out that the Israeli forces obstruct the movement of the ambulances that came out of Turmus Ayya, “deliberately delaying their departure.”
Violence in the occupied West Bank shot from the beginning of the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip with more raids by the Israeli army and with more colonists’ attacks against Palestinian villages.
In addition, the resumption of Israeli bombings in Gaza is also being reflected in more attacks in different background points recorded in recent weeks.
