A 16-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli border police at Israel’s “Container checkpoint” northeast of Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank today.
Israeli police spokesperson Luba al-Samari identified the alleged the Palestinian teen as a 16-year-old from Bethlehem.
According to Al-Samri, the boy approached Israeli forces holding a knife in his hand, and “after a short dispute, an Israeli soldier was able to open fire at the suspect who was neutralised and the knife in his possession was seized.”
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A spokesperson from the Palestinian Red Crescent told Ma’an that Israeli forces prevented the service’s ambulances from reaching the boy, who witnesses say was covered with a blanket by Israeli forces.