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Asharq Al-Awsat
09-04-2025
- Politics
- Asharq Al-Awsat
US Says It's Aware of Palestinian American Teen's Killing by Israeli Forces in West Bank
The US State Department said on Tuesday it was aware of the killing by Israeli forces of a Palestinian American teenager in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was seeking more information about the incident. A State Department spokesperson made the comments to reporters when asked about the killing of US citizen Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, and the shooting of two other teenagers. "We are certainly aware of that dynamic," the State Department spokesperson said. "There is an investigation that is going on. We are aware of the reports from the Israeli army that this was a counterterrorism act, we need to learn more about the nature of what happened on the ground." The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the weekend incident as an "extra-judicial killing" by Israeli forces during a raid. A local mayor said Rabea was shot along with two other teenagers by an Israeli settler and that the Israeli army pronounced him dead after detaining him. The Israeli military said it shot a "terrorist" who endangered civilians by hurling rocks. "We don't have the complete picture of what was going on the ground," the State Department spokesperson added. The family of the teenager, who was a New Jersey native, said he was shot multiple times. Local community leaders gathered at the Palestinian American Community Center in Clifton, New Jersey, on Tuesday to pay tribute to him and demand justice. Israel has expanded and consolidated settlements in the occupied West Bank as part of the steady integration of these territories into the state of Israel in breach of international law, the UN human rights office said last month. Settler violence in the West Bank, including incursions into occupied territory and raids, has intensified since the start of Israel's war in Gaza that has killed over 50,000, according to Gaza's health ministry, and led to genocide and war crimes accusations that Israel denies. The Israeli onslaught in Gaza followed a Hamas attack in October 2023 in which 1,200 were killed and about 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.
Arab News
09-04-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
US says it is aware of Palestinian American's killing by Israeli forces in West Bank
WASHINGTON: The US State Department said on Tuesday it was aware of the killing by Israeli forces of a Palestinian American teenager in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was seeking more information about the incident. A State Department spokesperson made the comments to reporters when asked about the killing of US citizen Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, and the shooting of two other teenagers. 'We are certainly aware of that dynamic,' the State Department spokesperson said. 'There is an investigation that is going on. We are aware of the reports from the IDF that this was a counterterrorism act, we need to learn more about the nature of what happened on the ground.' The Palestinian foreign ministry condemned the weekend incident as an 'extra-judicial killing' by Israeli forces during a raid. A local mayor said Rabea was shot along with two other teenagers by an Israeli settler and that the Israeli army pronounced him dead after detaining him. The Israeli military said it shot a 'terrorist' who endangered civilians by hurling rocks. 'We don't have the complete picture of what was going on on the ground,' the State Department spokesperson added. Israel has expanded and consolidated settlements in the occupied West Bank as part of the steady integration of these territories into the state of Israel in breach of international law, the UN human rights office said last month. Settler violence in the West Bank, including incursions into occupied territory and raids, has intensified since the start of Israel's war in Gaza that has killed over 50,000, according to Gaza's health ministry, and led to genocide and war crimes accusations that Israel denies. The Israeli onslaught in Gaza followed a Hamas attack in October 2023 in which 1,200 were killed and about 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies.
Reuters
08-04-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
US says it is aware of Palestinian American's killing by Israeli forces in West Bank
WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that it was aware of the killing by Israeli forces of a Palestinian American teenager in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and was seeking more information about the nature of what happened on the ground. A State Department spokesperson made the comments to reporters in response to a question on the killing of Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, and the shooting of two other teenagers.
Muscat Daily
08-04-2025
- Health
- Muscat Daily
World must act now: UN agencies
New York, US – In a joint statement by heads of six United Nations organisations have called on the international community to 'act urgently to save the lives of Palestinians in Gaza'. The joint statement was made by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations Children's Fund, United Nations Office for Project Services, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, World Food Programme (WFP), and World Health Organisation. 'For over a month, no commercial or humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza. More than 2.1mn people are trapped, bombed and starved again, while, at crossing points, food, medicine, fuel and shelter supplies are piling up, and vital equipment is stuck,' they said. Over 1,000 children have reportedly been killed or injured in just the first week after the breakdown of the ceasefire, the highest one-week death toll among children in Gaza in the past year, it was stated. Just a few days ago, the 25 bakeries supported by the WFP during the ceasefire had to close due to flour and cooking gas shortages. The partially functional health system is overwhelmed. Essential medical and trauma supplies are rapidly running out, threatening to reverse hard-won progress in keeping the health system operational. 'Assertions that there is now enough food to feed all Palestinians in Gaza are far from the reality on the ground, and commodities are running extremely low. We are witnessing acts of war in Gaza that show an utter disregard for human life.' New Israeli displacement orders have forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee yet again, with no safe place to go. 'No one is safe. At least 408 humanitarian workers, including over 280 from UNRWA, have been killed since October 2023.' 58 Palestinians killed in 24 hours At least 58 Palestinians have been killed and 213 injured in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave's Health Ministry. A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, unable to be reached by ambulances and Civil Defence crews, the ministry statement said. Israel killed 1,449 people and injured 3,647 others since breaking the ceasefire on March 18, the announcement added. The latest figures raised the total number of Palestinians killed in Israel's war on Gaza to 50,810, the ministry said. At least 115,688 people have also been injured since October 7, 2023, it added. Throwing a stone is not terrorism The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has condemned Israel's killing of a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy in the occupied West Bank. The Geneva-based group rejected Israel's claim that the boy, identified as Omar Mohammad Rabea, was a 'terrorist' who hurled stones. Two other children were wounded in the attack. 'They were unarmed children. This wasn't self-defence. It was the deliberate execution of a child on occupied Palestinian land,' Euro-Med said in a post on X. 'By calling stone-throwing children 'terrorists', Israel manufactures fake justifications for murder – and places itself above international law. This is part of a system of state violence and persecution designed to criminalise every Palestinian act of resistance – even from a child,' it said. 'Executing children is not self-defence. Throwing a stone is not terrorism. This is apartheid backed by bullets – colonial violence unleashed with total impunity.' Israel kills 211 journalists Gaza's Government Media Office has issued a statement urging global support for Palestinian journalists following Israel's deadly raid on a media tent in the early morning of Monday. Ahmed Mansour, who died from severe burns sustained in the attack, is the 211th media worker killed during Israel's war on Gaza, according to the office. 'We call on the International Federation of Journalists, the Federation of Arab Journalists, and all journalistic bodies in all countries of the world to condemn these systematic crimes against Palestinian journalists in the Gaza Strip,' the office said.
Al Jazeera
07-04-2025
- Al Jazeera
Hundreds mourn Palestinian-American teen killed by Israeli forces
Footage shows the moment 14-year-old Palestinian-American teen Omar Mohammad Rabea was allegedly fatally shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
