Israeli Forces Shoot Teen Near Ramallah

[Purveyor]

RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces on Tuesday shot and injured a Palestinian teenager in Jalazoun refugee camp near Ramallah, witnesses and the Israeli army said.

Witnesses told Ma'an that Atta Sabah, 13, was walking with school friends when Israeli forces opened fire at the group and hit him in the back.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian trying to hurl a firebomb at Israeli forces during a riot in the area.

She said the Palestinian failed to respond to warning shots and that soldiers fired "towards his lower extremities."

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[PDJane]

1. Hurling something towards the IDF would, one would think,

rather preclude him being shot in the back.....especially if they were aiming for lower extremities. They don't even bother with plausible excuses anymore.

[oberliner]

3. Plausible excuses?

What do you think the real reason for the shooting was?

[oberliner]

2. Update: Palestinian teen hurt by IDF fire treated in Israel

A 13-year-old Palestinian boy who was injured by IDF fire during a riot in the Jilazun refugee camp in the West Bank has been evacuated to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem, after being initially treated at a hospital in Ramallah.

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4382710,00.html

[Purveyor]

4. Oh good. They shot him in the back and now they are 'treating' him. Humanitarians...they.