20 sept 2018
Mo’men Ibrahim Abu Eyada, 15
Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday night, a Palestinian child from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and injured many Palestinians in several parts of the coastal region.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers killed Mo’men Ibrahim Abu Eyada, 15, from Rafah, after shooting him with a live round in the head, east of the city.
According to Israeli Ynet News, the army said they “had no knowledge of any casualties or any live fire used by the soldiers,” and added that “only a very few officials were available for comments, because Israel was marking the Yom Kippur fast day.”
Furthermore, the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, and high-velocity gas bombs, at Palestinian protesters near the perimeter fence, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, wounding six Palestinians with live fire, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The two Palestinians were rushed to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, while the medics provided the needed treatment to scores of Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to various cuts and bruises.
In addition, the soldiers attacked many protesters on Palestinian lands near Kissufim military base, northeast of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, moderate wounding eight after shooting them with live fire, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Also on Wednesday, the soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men after they crossed the perimeter fence, in southern Gaza, and moved them to an interrogation facility.
The army said dozens of Palestinians “breached the fence from several parts of the Gaza Strip, and managed to return to the coastal region.”
On Tuesday, the soldiers killed four Palestinians, at dawn and during evening hours, east of Khan Younis, and near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal in northern Gaza, and injured dozens of residents with live fire, in addition firing many gas bombs and concussion grenades causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Mohammad Mohsin Omar, 20, from the al-Shati’ refugee camp in northern Gaza, Mohammad Ahmad Abu Naji, 34, from Jabalia in northern Gaza, in addition to Naji Jamil Abu ‘Aassi, 18, and Ala’ Ziad Abu ‘Aassi, 21, from Khan Younis.
The Health ministry in Gaza said Ahmad Omar and Mohammad Abu Naji, were killed on Tuesday evening, by Israeli army sharpshooters during a protest, against cutting UNRWA funding, near Eretz (Beit Hanoun) Crossing, in northern Gaza.
It added that Naji and Ala’ were killed at dawn, after an Israeli war jet fired a missile at them, east of Khan Younis.
Also on Tuesday, the soldiers killed Mohammad Yousef Sha’ban Oleyyan, 26, in the al-Misrara area, in occupied East Jerusalem, after he reportedly attempted to stab soldiers, and Mohammad Zaghloul al-Khatib, 24, was beaten to death by Israeli soldiers who invaded his home, in Beit Rima town northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank, while he was sleeping at dawn.
Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday night, a Palestinian child from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and injured many Palestinians in several parts of the coastal region.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers killed Mo’men Ibrahim Abu Eyada, 15, from Rafah, after shooting him with a live round in the head, east of the city.
According to Israeli Ynet News, the army said they “had no knowledge of any casualties or any live fire used by the soldiers,” and added that “only a very few officials were available for comments, because Israel was marking the Yom Kippur fast day.”
Furthermore, the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, and high-velocity gas bombs, at Palestinian protesters near the perimeter fence, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, wounding six Palestinians with live fire, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The two Palestinians were rushed to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, while the medics provided the needed treatment to scores of Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to various cuts and bruises.
In addition, the soldiers attacked many protesters on Palestinian lands near Kissufim military base, northeast of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, moderate wounding eight after shooting them with live fire, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Also on Wednesday, the soldiers abducted two young Palestinian men after they crossed the perimeter fence, in southern Gaza, and moved them to an interrogation facility.
The army said dozens of Palestinians “breached the fence from several parts of the Gaza Strip, and managed to return to the coastal region.”
On Tuesday, the soldiers killed four Palestinians, at dawn and during evening hours, east of Khan Younis, and near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal in northern Gaza, and injured dozens of residents with live fire, in addition firing many gas bombs and concussion grenades causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Ahmad Mohammad Mohsin Omar, 20, from the al-Shati’ refugee camp in northern Gaza, Mohammad Ahmad Abu Naji, 34, from Jabalia in northern Gaza, in addition to Naji Jamil Abu ‘Aassi, 18, and Ala’ Ziad Abu ‘Aassi, 21, from Khan Younis.
The Health ministry in Gaza said Ahmad Omar and Mohammad Abu Naji, were killed on Tuesday evening, by Israeli army sharpshooters during a protest, against cutting UNRWA funding, near Eretz (Beit Hanoun) Crossing, in northern Gaza.
It added that Naji and Ala’ were killed at dawn, after an Israeli war jet fired a missile at them, east of Khan Younis.
Also on Tuesday, the soldiers killed Mohammad Yousef Sha’ban Oleyyan, 26, in the al-Misrara area, in occupied East Jerusalem, after he reportedly attempted to stab soldiers, and Mohammad Zaghloul al-Khatib, 24, was beaten to death by Israeli soldiers who invaded his home, in Beit Rima town northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank, while he was sleeping at dawn.
18 sept 2018
Mohammed Abu Naji, 34
Two Palestinians were killed and 46 injured on Tuesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled a peaceful demonstration near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing north of the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that thousands of Palestinian citizens demonstrated north of Gaza in the evening, adding that the march was part of the ongoing Great March of Return protests in the besieged area.
Two Palestinians were killed and 46 injured on Tuesday evening when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) violently quelled a peaceful demonstration near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing north of the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that thousands of Palestinian citizens demonstrated north of Gaza in the evening, adding that the march was part of the ongoing Great March of Return protests in the besieged area.
Ahmad Omar, 20
He said that the IOF attacked the unarmed demonstrators with live ammunition and teargas. Those injured were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.
According to Gaza Ministry of Health, the martyrs were identified as Mohammed Abu Naji, 34, and Ahmad Omar, 20.
He said that the IOF attacked the unarmed demonstrators with live ammunition and teargas. Those injured were transferred to the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.
According to Gaza Ministry of Health, the martyrs were identified as Mohammed Abu Naji, 34, and Ahmad Omar, 20.
Mohammed Yousef Shaaban Alian
The Israeli occupation police on Tuesday evening opened fire at a Palestinian young man near Bab al-Amud area in the Old City of Jerusalem and left him bleed to death.
According to al-Quds Media Office, the Israeli police claimed that the slain young man tried to carry out a stabbing attack in al-Misrara neighborhood near Bab al-Amud area in the Old City. video
After the shooting incident, Israeli police forces cordoned off the area and prevented Red Crescent ambulance crews from evacuating the young man to save his life. The identity of the young man is still unknown.
The Israeli occupation police on Tuesday evening opened fire at a Palestinian young man near Bab al-Amud area in the Old City of Jerusalem and left him bleed to death.
According to al-Quds Media Office, the Israeli police claimed that the slain young man tried to carry out a stabbing attack in al-Misrara neighborhood near Bab al-Amud area in the Old City. video
After the shooting incident, Israeli police forces cordoned off the area and prevented Red Crescent ambulance crews from evacuating the young man to save his life. The identity of the young man is still unknown.
Mohamed al-Rimawi 24
A Palestinian youth was pronounced dead on Tuesday morning, hours after he was brutally assaulted by Israeli forces when they arrested him from his home in the occupied West Bank.
Bashir al-Rimawi said his brother Mohamed was kidnapped by Israeli forces and violently beaten all the way through.
He added that his brother was transferred to Abu Kabir Forensic Center in territories occupied in 1948 for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Mohamed, aged 24, was aggressively beaten by Israeli soldiers using riffle buts until he fell into a coma. He was dragged to an unknown location shortly afterwards.
Palestinian Beaten to Death by Israeli Soldiers
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers killed, on Tuesday at dawn, a young Palestinian man after abducting him from his home, and repeatedly assaulting him.
The PPS said undercover Israeli soldiers abducted Mohammad Zaghloul al-Khatib, 24, from his home in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank.
It quoted his brother stating that nearly 30 Israeli soldiers invaded the family home to abduct Mohammad, before continuously and repeatedly assaulting him in his home until he fell unconscious.
He added that the soldiers then took him brother to an unknown destination, and the family was later contacted by an Israeli intelligence officer, asking them whether Mohammad had any “preexisting conditions,” and they assured the officer that their son was completely healthy.
His mother said that the soldiers beat him on the head, then smashed his head several times against the wall until he fell down, unconscious. They handcuffed his prone body, then left the scene, leaving him unconscious and handcuffed with no medical attention.
On Tuesday morning, the Palestinian District Coordination Office was contacted by its Israeli counterpart, informing them that Mohammad was dead, without setting a date for transferring his corpse back to his family.
The family said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against Mohammad, continuously beating him up while abducting him, and accused the military of executing their son.
They stated that the soldiers started beating Mohammad up immediately after breaking into his room, and continued to assault him until he lost consciousness before the soldiers carried him and left the building.
Addameer Prisoner Support organization said that Mohammad’s brother told them that a large group of undercover soldiers entered the home at 4 am and assaulted his mother, before regular army units invaded the house and forced the parents and three children into one corner of the house. They then took Mohammad to another room, where they punched, kicked and clubbed him, and beat him with rifle butts until he fell unconscious.
Mohammad was previously shot by the Israeli military two years ago, in the leg.
Addameer stated that, “Killing this young man, who posed no threat to the soldiers, violates international law”. The group added, “This lethal, excessive use of force is an extrajudicial assassination”. The group called on the United Nations to form a committee to investigate this and other crimes by the Israeli military.
The PPS held Israel fully responsible for killing Mohammad, and added that this crime is added “to a long lost of similar crimes and executions, carried out by the soldiers against Palestinian detainees.”
It added that the army has killed 217 Palestinian political prisoners, since Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967.
The PPS stated that the silence of the international human rights organizations is granting Israel a green light to continue its crimes against the Palestinian people, especially since Israel continues to violate the basic rights of the Palestinians with impunity.
The PPS also said that approximately %95 of the Palestinians who are abducted and imprisoned by the Israeli army have been subjected to various forms of torture, during their arrest, and during interrogation.
Furthermore, the PPS stated that Mohammad is the third Palestinian detainee to be killed by the army this year, as the soldiers killed Yassin Saradeeh, 33, who was shot and beaten repeatedly while lying on the ground, on February 22nd, in addition to Aziz ‘Oweisat, 53, who died on May 20, at an Israeli hospital from serious complications after he was assaulted by several soldiers in the prison, when they claimed he attacked an officer with a sharp object.
A Palestinian youth was pronounced dead on Tuesday morning, hours after he was brutally assaulted by Israeli forces when they arrested him from his home in the occupied West Bank.
Bashir al-Rimawi said his brother Mohamed was kidnapped by Israeli forces and violently beaten all the way through.
He added that his brother was transferred to Abu Kabir Forensic Center in territories occupied in 1948 for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Mohamed, aged 24, was aggressively beaten by Israeli soldiers using riffle buts until he fell into a coma. He was dragged to an unknown location shortly afterwards.
Palestinian Beaten to Death by Israeli Soldiers
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers killed, on Tuesday at dawn, a young Palestinian man after abducting him from his home, and repeatedly assaulting him.
The PPS said undercover Israeli soldiers abducted Mohammad Zaghloul al-Khatib, 24, from his home in Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, in central West Bank.
It quoted his brother stating that nearly 30 Israeli soldiers invaded the family home to abduct Mohammad, before continuously and repeatedly assaulting him in his home until he fell unconscious.
He added that the soldiers then took him brother to an unknown destination, and the family was later contacted by an Israeli intelligence officer, asking them whether Mohammad had any “preexisting conditions,” and they assured the officer that their son was completely healthy.
His mother said that the soldiers beat him on the head, then smashed his head several times against the wall until he fell down, unconscious. They handcuffed his prone body, then left the scene, leaving him unconscious and handcuffed with no medical attention.
On Tuesday morning, the Palestinian District Coordination Office was contacted by its Israeli counterpart, informing them that Mohammad was dead, without setting a date for transferring his corpse back to his family.
The family said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against Mohammad, continuously beating him up while abducting him, and accused the military of executing their son.
They stated that the soldiers started beating Mohammad up immediately after breaking into his room, and continued to assault him until he lost consciousness before the soldiers carried him and left the building.
Addameer Prisoner Support organization said that Mohammad’s brother told them that a large group of undercover soldiers entered the home at 4 am and assaulted his mother, before regular army units invaded the house and forced the parents and three children into one corner of the house. They then took Mohammad to another room, where they punched, kicked and clubbed him, and beat him with rifle butts until he fell unconscious.
Mohammad was previously shot by the Israeli military two years ago, in the leg.
Addameer stated that, “Killing this young man, who posed no threat to the soldiers, violates international law”. The group added, “This lethal, excessive use of force is an extrajudicial assassination”. The group called on the United Nations to form a committee to investigate this and other crimes by the Israeli military.
The PPS held Israel fully responsible for killing Mohammad, and added that this crime is added “to a long lost of similar crimes and executions, carried out by the soldiers against Palestinian detainees.”
It added that the army has killed 217 Palestinian political prisoners, since Israel occupied the rest of Palestine in 1967.
The PPS stated that the silence of the international human rights organizations is granting Israel a green light to continue its crimes against the Palestinian people, especially since Israel continues to violate the basic rights of the Palestinians with impunity.
The PPS also said that approximately %95 of the Palestinians who are abducted and imprisoned by the Israeli army have been subjected to various forms of torture, during their arrest, and during interrogation.
Furthermore, the PPS stated that Mohammad is the third Palestinian detainee to be killed by the army this year, as the soldiers killed Yassin Saradeeh, 33, who was shot and beaten repeatedly while lying on the ground, on February 22nd, in addition to Aziz ‘Oweisat, 53, who died on May 20, at an Israeli hospital from serious complications after he was assaulted by several soldiers in the prison, when they claimed he attacked an officer with a sharp object.
Naji Jamil Abu ‘Aasi, 17, and his cousin, Ala Ziad Abu ‘Aasi, 20
Two Palestinian young men were pronounced dead late on Monday evening in an Israeli air strike rocking Khan Younis province, south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Red Crescent paramedics removed the bodies of two Palestinians killed east of al-Qarara, east of Khan Younis province, shortly after Israeli military warplanes hit the area.
The Israeli army prevented ambulances from reaching the scene for over one hour.
The Israeli military claimed in a statement that its warplanes struck gunmen as they came within the reach of the border fence, separating Gaza from territories occupied in 1948, and implanted a suspicious object.
The names of the two slain Palestinians remain unidentified. video
Two Palestinian young men were pronounced dead late on Monday evening in an Israeli air strike rocking Khan Younis province, south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Red Crescent paramedics removed the bodies of two Palestinians killed east of al-Qarara, east of Khan Younis province, shortly after Israeli military warplanes hit the area.
The Israeli army prevented ambulances from reaching the scene for over one hour.
The Israeli military claimed in a statement that its warplanes struck gunmen as they came within the reach of the border fence, separating Gaza from territories occupied in 1948, and implanted a suspicious object.
The names of the two slain Palestinians remain unidentified. video
16 sept 2018
Soheib Abdul-Salam Abu Kashef, 16
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a child died, Saturday, from serious wounds he suffered of August 3rd after Israeli soldiers shot him in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
The Health Ministry said the child, Soheib Abdul-Salam Abu Kashef, 16, was shot with live Israeli army fire, and remained in a serious condition until he succumbed to his wounds at the Gaza European Hospital.
On the day of his serious injury, the Health Ministry said the soldiers engaged in the excessive use of force against the nonviolent “Great Return March” in Gaza, on its nineteenth consecutive week, killing a young man, identified as Ahmad Yahia Atallah Yaghi, 25, and wounding 220 Palestinians, including 90 who were shot with live fire.
On Friday, September 14, 2018, the Israeli army Killed three civilians, including a child, and Injures 148, Including 19 children, five Women and five paramedics, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has reported.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers attacked, Saturday, Palestinian protesters in several areas in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at protesters near the fence in Abu Safiyya area, east on Jabalia, in northern Gaza, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The army also fired flares and live rounds, on Saturday at night, in Malaka area, east of Gaza city, wounding two Palestinians.
Furthermore, the army fired live rounds and gas bombs at protesters in Umm Hosniyya area, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
In addition, the army claimed that a number of protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in several areas near the perimeter fence, and launched what the military called “incendiary balloons” into Keryat Gat colony.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a child died, Saturday, from serious wounds he suffered of August 3rd after Israeli soldiers shot him in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
The Health Ministry said the child, Soheib Abdul-Salam Abu Kashef, 16, was shot with live Israeli army fire, and remained in a serious condition until he succumbed to his wounds at the Gaza European Hospital.
On the day of his serious injury, the Health Ministry said the soldiers engaged in the excessive use of force against the nonviolent “Great Return March” in Gaza, on its nineteenth consecutive week, killing a young man, identified as Ahmad Yahia Atallah Yaghi, 25, and wounding 220 Palestinians, including 90 who were shot with live fire.
On Friday, September 14, 2018, the Israeli army Killed three civilians, including a child, and Injures 148, Including 19 children, five Women and five paramedics, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has reported.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers attacked, Saturday, Palestinian protesters in several areas in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at protesters near the fence in Abu Safiyya area, east on Jabalia, in northern Gaza, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The army also fired flares and live rounds, on Saturday at night, in Malaka area, east of Gaza city, wounding two Palestinians.
Furthermore, the army fired live rounds and gas bombs at protesters in Umm Hosniyya area, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
In addition, the army claimed that a number of protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in several areas near the perimeter fence, and launched what the military called “incendiary balloons” into Keryat Gat colony.
14 sept 2018
Shadi Abdul Aziz Mahmoud Abdulal 12
Muhammad Shaqora, 21
Hani Ramzi Afana, 21
Israeli forces have shot dead three Palestinians during clashes with anti-occupation protesters at the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories.
The Gaza Health Ministry said Shadi Abdul Aziz Mahmoud Abdulal, a 12-year-old boy, was killed after Israeli forces shot him in the head east of the city of Jabalia in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday.
Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman for the ministry, added that Israeli troops shot dead Muhammad Shaqora, 21, east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
The third victim was identified as Hani Ramzi Afana, 21, from Rafah.
Many injuries were also reported during the Friday's clashes. Children were among the casualties.
Tensions have been running high near the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed “The Great March of Return.”
Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.
The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.
Israeli fire has taken the lives of nearly 175 Palestinians since March 30. More than 19,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented unemployment and poverty.
Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.
Muhammad Shaqora, 21
Hani Ramzi Afana, 21
Israeli forces have shot dead three Palestinians during clashes with anti-occupation protesters at the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories.
The Gaza Health Ministry said Shadi Abdul Aziz Mahmoud Abdulal, a 12-year-old boy, was killed after Israeli forces shot him in the head east of the city of Jabalia in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday.
Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman for the ministry, added that Israeli troops shot dead Muhammad Shaqora, 21, east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
The third victim was identified as Hani Ramzi Afana, 21, from Rafah.
Many injuries were also reported during the Friday's clashes. Children were among the casualties.
Tensions have been running high near the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed “The Great March of Return.”
Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.
The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.
Israeli fire has taken the lives of nearly 175 Palestinians since March 30. More than 19,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented unemployment and poverty.
Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.
Update 17 sept 2018 Ynet news Palestinian ministry retracts claim Gaza boy was killed by IDF troops
Medical source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says that an 11-year-old boy, whose death during last week's Gaza protest was attributed to Israeli gunfire, 'died of a head injury'; evidence points to boy being killed by stone thrown during violent riots.
A medical source in the Palestinian Health Ministry backed away on Monday from an assertion that an 11-year-old boy killed at a protest on Friday at the border with Israel had been shot by Israeli soldiers.
"The boy died of a head injury," said the source, who asked not be identified, declining to give specifics and stopping short of attributing the death to Israeli gunfire.
The boy was originally reported to be 14 years old.
On Friday, Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the youth, Shadi Abdel-Al, had been shot dead by Israeli troops.
Two other Palestinians were killed during the weekly protest by Israeli live fire, local medics said on Friday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman, asked on Monday about the circumstances of the boy's death and media reports that he had been killed by a stone thrown during the protest, referred Reuters to comments tweeted by the military's Arabic-language spokesman.
The spokesman tweeted that there were "increasing indicators from Gaza that question the credibility" of the Palestinian Health Ministry's original statement about the boy's death.
"According to the indicators and testimonies, the boy was killed as a result of an injury from stones thrown during the violent riots," the spokesman wrote.
Since March 30, Palestinians pressing claims against Israel have mounted stone-throwing protests that have included attempts to breach the Israeli border fence with Gaza, run by the Islamist terror Hamas.
In Friday's violent protests, the IDF said it used force necessary to prevent border breaches by some 13,000 Palestinians who massed at several points near the fence, some of them hurling rocks and fire bombs at troops under cover of smoke from burning tires.
Medical source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says that an 11-year-old boy, whose death during last week's Gaza protest was attributed to Israeli gunfire, 'died of a head injury'; evidence points to boy being killed by stone thrown during violent riots.
A medical source in the Palestinian Health Ministry backed away on Monday from an assertion that an 11-year-old boy killed at a protest on Friday at the border with Israel had been shot by Israeli soldiers.
"The boy died of a head injury," said the source, who asked not be identified, declining to give specifics and stopping short of attributing the death to Israeli gunfire.
The boy was originally reported to be 14 years old.
On Friday, Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the youth, Shadi Abdel-Al, had been shot dead by Israeli troops.
Two other Palestinians were killed during the weekly protest by Israeli live fire, local medics said on Friday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman, asked on Monday about the circumstances of the boy's death and media reports that he had been killed by a stone thrown during the protest, referred Reuters to comments tweeted by the military's Arabic-language spokesman.
The spokesman tweeted that there were "increasing indicators from Gaza that question the credibility" of the Palestinian Health Ministry's original statement about the boy's death.
"According to the indicators and testimonies, the boy was killed as a result of an injury from stones thrown during the violent riots," the spokesman wrote.
Since March 30, Palestinians pressing claims against Israel have mounted stone-throwing protests that have included attempts to breach the Israeli border fence with Gaza, run by the Islamist terror Hamas.
In Friday's violent protests, the IDF said it used force necessary to prevent border breaches by some 13,000 Palestinians who massed at several points near the fence, some of them hurling rocks and fire bombs at troops under cover of smoke from burning tires.
