Palestinians Hold Funeral For 14-Year-Old American Citizen Killed By Israeli Forces In West Bank – Antiwar.com
Palestinians Hold Funeral For 14-Year-Old American Citizen Killed By Israeli Forces In West Bank
Two other boys, including another American citzen, were shot and wounded by the Israeli military
On Monday, Palestinians in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya held a funeral for Omar Mohammad Rabee , a 14-year-old American citizen who was killed by Israeli fire a day earlier.
Lafi Shalabi, the mayor of Turmus Ayya, said Rabee was shot alongside two other boys, including Ayoub Jabara, a 15-year-old who also has American citizenship and is in intensive care. The third boy, 15-year-old Abdulrahman Shihada, was also hospitalized.
According to The Washington Post , Shalabi said the boys were shot by Israeli troops while picking green almonds near a highway.
The Israeli military hasn’t confirmed that it killed an American citizen but claimed it fired on three “terrorists” in the area who were throwing rocks at cars and killed one. Earlier this year, Israeli media reported that the IDF expanded its “open-fire orders” in the West Bank, leading to an uptick in the killing of children in the occupied Palestinian territory.
The US State Department confirmed in a statement to Antiwar.com that an American citizen was killed in the West Bank but didn’t offer much comment besides mentioning the Israeli military’s side of the story. “We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss,” a State Department spokesperson said.
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