Israel: No Evidence that Boy Killed by Soldiers Posed Any Threat

Second ‘Ambush’ Killing of Child Near Schools in 2013

JANUARY 5, 2014

Twice this year, Israeli soldiers hiding near schools, apparently to make arrests, have killed children who posed no apparent threat. If the past is any guide, these boys’ families can look forward to a prolonged, opaque, and fruitless process that does not hold perpetrators to account or deliver justice.

Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director

(Jerusalem) – No evidence has been presented by the Israeli authorities that a 15-year-old boy fatally shot in the back by Israeli soldiers near his school on December 9, 2013, posed any threat to life that would justify such a killing. It was the second incident involving the lethal shooting of a child in the back by Israeli forces deployed near a school in 2013.

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