lego 44,165 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 QALQILIYA (Ma’an) -- A suspected Israeli settler shot and critically injured a 6-year-old Palestinian near the occupied West Bank city of Qalqiliya, witnesses said. Yousef Bayan al-Tabib was standing on the side of the road when the settler reportedly stopped his car, shot the child in the stomach, and fled the scene, a Ma'an reporter said. The child, from the small Palestinian village of Izbeit at-Tabib -- in Area C and around six miles east of Qalqiliya -- was taken to the Qalqiliya Hospital for treatment. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an that the army had received reports of the attack and that Israeli forces had arrived on scene and were "investigating any indication that the attack happened." The occupied West Bank was rocked by settler attacks on Palestinians and their property on Thursday night and Friday after a fatal shooting attack was carried out by alleged Palestinian gunmen. The attack left Israeli settlers Eitam and Naama Henkin dead in their car as they were driving in the Nablus area of the northern West Bank. Hundreds of additional Israeli troops were deployed following the attack, and seven Palestinians were detained in Israeli raids in Nablus at dawn on Saturday. During the raids a resident was shot by Israeli forces in the chest with live fire and a demolition order was issued for a home in the Askar Refugee Camp to the family of one of the alleged shooters. While the attack on al-Tabib comes in the wake of Thurday's shooting and reprisal attacks, Israeli settlers regularly carry out attacks on Palestinians and their property. An arson attack in July carried out by suspected Jewish extremists burned an 18-month-old Palestinian alive in his home and killed his parents. At least 324 acts of violence were carried out by Israeli settlers in 2014 according to UN documentation, over half of which resulted in injury. Such attacks are rarely prosecuted and carried out in the presence of Israeli military forces. http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.678650 http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767947 UPDATE IDF: "Palestinian boy believed shot accidentally while playing with gun" http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.678650 Story developing... FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Down 2,807 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 Am I the only one who cannot read this kind of articles? Oh God this is horrendous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 most likely revenge. horrible Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Am I the only one who cannot read this kind of articles? Oh God this is horrendous.I don't think anyone likes or enjoys reading this kind of articles but it's most likely a pretext of new war coming and it's getting very little coverage or international outrage.Now there was stabbing attack of 3 in Jerusalem and the attacker is called terrorist in headlines while this settler isn't.That's something to think about. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 128,616 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 @legoThere is an update on this, the family lied and the what probably happened is that the kid played with the gun of his brother, a police man at the Palestinian police..This is the article from Haaretz (which I prefer to believe more than any other Israeli news site)http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.678650 So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 @lego There is an update on this, the family lied and the what probably happened is that the kid played with the gun of his brother, a police man at the Palestinian police.. This is the article from Haaretz (which I prefer to believe more than any other Israeli news site) http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.678650 I just read that from Haaretz too. I don't know what to believe. Mess. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 128,616 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 I just read that from Haaretz too. I don't know what to believe. Mess. Let's see how it will develop.. in any case I just want the kid to survive, no matter who did it. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UC PiXELVISION 353 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 The kid and I share a name, Yousef. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sister 9,907 Posted October 3, 2015 Share Posted October 3, 2015 So cruel either way, kids and guns. I hate it. The future's uncertain and the end is always near. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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