
Defense for Children International said Saif Ziad Ali Omair was shot five times on July 11, allegedly while throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the village of Meithalun, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces opened fire from inside an armoured vehicle, hitting the 13-year-old four times in the abdomen, hand, leg and pelvis. The boy was then shot again, in the chest, by an Israeli soldier who stepped out of the armoured car and shot the teenager as he lay, grievously injured, on the ground.
Saif succumbed to his wounds on July 23, the child rights group said.
Israeli soldiers and armed settlers have now killed 58 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank so far this year, and a total of 139 have been killed since October 7, the group said.
13-year-old Saif Ziad Ali Omar died yesterday after Israeli forces shot him in the abdomen, hand, leg and pelvis on July 11 in Maithaloun in the northern occupied West Bank. After Saif fell to the ground, an Israeli soldier shot him again in the chest. https://t.co/zqJtNWBEAM
— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) July 24, 2024
Source: Al Jazeera