Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in Hebron, family accuses soldiers of ’executing’ their son
Sept. 17, 2016 10:36 A.M. (Updated: Sept. 17, 2016 12:15 P.M.)
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BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces Saturday morning shot dead a Palestinian in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in the Old City of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank after an alleged stabbing attack, the second Palestinian to be killed in the neighborhood in less than 24 hours, and the fifth to be killed by Israeli forces in less than 48 hours, while the family accused Israeli soldiers of “executing” their son on his way to work in Hebron’s city center.
Local sources identified the slain Palestinian as 25-year-old Hatim Abd al-Hafeeth Shaludi
The family of Shaludi accused Israeli soldiers of “executing” their son while he was on his way to work.
Shaludi’s brother Ayman told Ma’an that the family lives near Al-Rahma Mosque, located just a few meters from Israeli checkpoints that surround the neighborhood of Tel Rumeida, saying that Shaludi was headed to work in the morning like every morning, but when he passed near a checkpoint “Israeli soldiers executed him in cold blood.”
Ayman added that Shaludi worked at a factory in Hebron and was shot walking the only way that residents of the neigborhood can enter Hebron’s city center.
Shaludi’s mother told Ma’an she heard gunshots from inside her home. She had left the house at the time without realizing the gunshots marked the death of her son.
The family reported that Israeli forces had raided their home, searched the premises, and questioned Shaludi’s mother before leaving.
An Israeli army statement said that the Shaludi had stabbed a soldier before he was shot dead by Israeli forces. Israeli media reported that the soldier was lightly injured.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an that the series of attacks were “another example of the danger of Palestinian incitement through social media,” adding that the Israeli army is “conducting intensive intelligence and operational efforts to stop the violence.”
However, the spokesperson could not explain to Ma’an how these attacks were connected to “incitement through social media.”