Israeli occupation forces kill 16-Year-Old  Palestinian boy, Muhammed Jabareen, in Ramallah

Date: 17 / 09 / 2007 Time: 09:25

Bethlehem – Ma'an – 

A 16-year-old Palestinian boy, Muhammad Jabareen, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on Monday morning in Ramallah, in the central West Bank.

Jabareen received a bullet to his flank during clashes between Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian youths in Ramallah.

Palestinian medical sources informed Ma'an that the Israeli occupation soldiers watched Jabareen bleed to death and denied him medical aid. Consequently, Jabareen was dead before ambulances were able to evacuate him.

Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that the Israeli occupation forces invaded Ramallah in the early hours of Monday morning, and confrontations erupted between armed soldiers and Palestinian youths who were throwing stones.

Jabareen was an innocent bystander during the clashes and received a bullet as the soldiers fired arbitrarily in several directions.

Radio Israel quoted an Israeli occupation army spokesperson as saying, "An Israeli force was operating in the city and they monitored an armed Palestinian and shot him."

Israeli forces kill 16-year-old boy in Ramallah 

Monday September 17, 2007 10:50 by John Smith - IMEMC & agencies johnsmithimemc at gmail dot com

A 16-year-old boy was shot and killed by invading Israeli occupation forces in Ramallah in the early hours of Monday morning.

The boy, later identified as Muhammed Jabareen, was shot when local stone-throwing youths clashed with invading Israeli soldiers in the central West Bank city of Ramallah.

Both eyewitnesses and medical sources reported that the Israeli occupation army prevented ambulances from entering the area and dispensing first aid to the gravely injured teenager. The boy subsequently bled to death.

Israeli radio quoted an army spokesperson as indicating that “[Israeli occupation forces] monitored an armed Palestinian and shot him,” a testimony that eyewitness accounts of the attack directly contradict.

 

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