Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Child Near Bethlehem
May 31, 2019 12:10 PM IMEMC News
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Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a Palestinian child near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and injured a young man from Hebron, while trying to enter Jerusalem for Friday prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
Media sources said the soldiers shot and killed Abdullah Luay Gheith , 16, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, after opening fire at him and several Palestinians, who were trying to enter Jerusalem from Wad Abu al-Hummus area, near the villages of al-Khass and an-No’man, east of Bethlehem.
The slain Palestinian child was shot with a live Israeli army round in his heart, and died instantly after the soldiers shot him.
They added that the soldiers also shot and seriously injured a young man, identified as Mo’men Abu Tbeish, 21, in the same incident.
The seriously wounded young man, from Hadabat al-Fawwar area, near Hebron, was rushed by Palestinian medics to Beit Jala governmental hospital.