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Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Palestinian-American boy, 14, shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank
April 7 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old Palestinian-American teen was shot and killed by Israeli troops in the central West Bank village of Turmusaya 10 miles northeast of Ramallah, the de-facto capital of the occupied Palestinian territory, authorities said. Turmusaya Mayor Lafi Shalabi identified the boy as Omar Rabea, saying two other boys aged 14 and 15 were injured in the incident Sunday night, one of them seriously. The IDF said it opened fire as part of a counterterrorism operation but said it had targeted "terrorists" killing one and hitting the two others because they were hurling stones at Israeli motorists, placing civilians using the road in peril. Poor quality footage being circulated by the IDF appeared to show one individual among a group of three people throwing a projectile of some kind. The foreign ministry of the Palestinian Authority accused Israeli forces of carrying out another "extrajudicial killing" and condemned the targeting of children with live fire. "Israel's continued impunity as an illegal occupying power encourages it to commit further crimes," it said in a statement. Rabea's killing, one of two Palestinian-Americans and Americans Mohammed Khdour and Rachel Corrie killed in the West Bank over the past two decades, apparently by Israeli forces, came hours before Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was scheduled to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday. The Israelis and U.S. State Department did not immediately offer any comment on Sunday's incident. However, the Council of American-Islamic Relations criticizaed a lack of actions on behalf of U.S. administrations to hold Israel, its soldiers or illegal settlers accountable for killing or injuring Palestinian-Americans and reiterated its call for the U.S. Justice Department to launch a criminal investigation seeking justice for Rabea and other victims of Israeli violence. "Every hour of every day, Palestinians -- including Palestinian-Americans -- are subjected to injury, death or expulsion from their homes and land by the far-right Israeli government and its racist supporters, all with the complicity of our own government," CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said in a statement. "If the Trump administration really wants to put 'America first,' its first duty is to protect the lives of American citizens. The Department of Justice must act to investigate this and all other murders and attacks targeting Palestinian-Americans. Those responsible must be brought to justice," said Awad.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Palestinian American teen killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank, official says
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian American teenager and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to Palestinian officials. Ramallah Gov. Laila Ghannam said a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy was shot dead by Israeli troops in the village of Turmusaya. Two other Palestinian American boys, ages 14 and 15, were injured in the incident, according to Turmusaya Mayor Lafi Shalabi. The Israeli military said its soldiers opened fire during a counterterrorism operation in Turmusaya when they saw three 'terrorists who hurled rocks toward the highway, thus endangering civilians driving.' The soldiers killed one and hit the other two, the military said. The military shared a blurry video purportedly showing the incident, in which three barely visible figures appear. It said it would continue operating in the West Bank 'to protect the residents in the area.' The injured boys were shot in the abdomen, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. One severely injured boy and another with minor wounds were taken to a hospital in Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority health ministry said. CNN has reached out to the US State Department for comment. This is a developing story and will be updated.
CNN
07-04-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Palestinian American teen killed by Israeli soldiers in West Bank, official says
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian American teenager and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to Palestinian officials. Ramallah Gov. Laila Ghannam said a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy was shot dead by Israeli troops in the village of Turmusaya. Two other Palestinian American boys, ages 14 and 15, were injured in the incident, according to Turmusaya Mayor Lafi Shalabi. The Israeli military said its soldiers opened fire during a counterterrorism operation in Turmusaya when they saw three 'terrorists who hurled rocks toward the highway, thus endangering civilians driving.' The soldiers killed one and hit the other two, the military said. The military shared a blurry video purportedly showing the incident, in which three barely visible figures appear. It said it would continue operating in the West Bank 'to protect the residents in the area.' The injured boys were shot in the abdomen, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. One severely injured boy and another with minor wounds were taken to a hospital in Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority health ministry said. CNN has reached out to the US State Department for comment. This is a developing story and will be updated.
South China Morning Post
06-04-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
West Bank teenager with US citizenship killed by Israeli forces, Palestinian official says
A Palestinian official told Agence France-Presse that Israeli forces shot dead a teenager holding US citizenship in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, while the Israeli military said it had killed a 'terrorist' who threw rocks at cars. Advertisement Omar Muhammad Saadeh Rabee, a 14-year-old 'who was killed in Turmus Ayya, held US citizenship', the town's mayor, Lafi Shalabi, said. The Israeli military said that during 'counterterrorism activity' in Turmus Ayya, 'soldiers identified three terrorists who hurled rocks towards the highway, thus endangering civilians driving'. 'The soldiers opened fire toward the terrorists who were endangering civilians, eliminating one terrorist and hitting two additional terrorists,' a military statement added. The Palestinian health ministry said one person was in critical condition and another suffered minor injuries in the same incident. Advertisement Shalabi said one of the wounded also had US citizenship. And Turmus Ayya, north of the main West Bank city of Ramallah, is known for having many dual US-Palestinian citizens. The Palestine Red Crescent said its teams had taken the body of the deceased boy to a hospital. It also reported the injuries of two boys shot in the lower abdomen and thigh respectively, during 'clashes' in Turmus Ayya.
