Alleged Palestinian stone-thrower, 14, killed by IDF gunfire in West ...
Palestinian health officials report that a 14-year-old boy was shot dead by Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Nablus last night, while the army says it fired on stone-throwers.
The Palestinian Authority’s health ministry says it was notified of the death of Mu’taz Iyad Daghlas, 14, after his body was taken by Israeli authorities from the village of Burqa.
The IDF, in a statement, says that troops operating on the outskirts of Burqa spotted “several terrorists who planned to throw stones at a highway” in the area where Israeli motorists drive, and where stones had been thrown previously at Israeli cars.
“The soldiers responded with gunfire toward them to remove the danger,” the army says, adding that “hits were identified.”
Left out here: Leaves out what changes the picture
The article quotes the army saying soldiers fired 'to remove the danger'. It never says that the UN Human Rights Office found none of the children killed in confrontations with Israeli forces posed an imminent threat to life. The UN office says that is the only legal ground for lethal force in the West Bank. Without this, a reader takes shooting a 14-year-old said to be planning to throw stones as a lawful answer to a danger.
How we know
- BBC News reported“none of the children killed while involved in confrontations with Israeli forces had posed an imminent threat to life, which it said was the only legal justification for the use of lethal force in the West Bank under international law”Israeli forces kill Palestinian boy in West Bank, health ministry says (opens in a new tab)
- Al Arabiya English reported“Israeli forces have routinely opened live fire on Palestinians including minors who throw stones in the West Bank”Israeli forces shoot dead 14-year-old in West Bank: Palestinian officials (opens in a new tab)
The PA’s official WAFA news agency says the troops had fired on a group of teenagers in the area, also wounding a 17-year-old and 19-year-old, who were taken to a hospital, “while ambulance crews were prevented from reaching the child, before his death was announced.”
WAFA reports that the Israeli troops also detained the father of the slain Palestinian teen, three Palestinian Red Crescent Society medics, and another Palestinian man in the area.
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