IDF shot a 9 year old boy

Perhaps, and that is important context. But if the suspects were running away, you dont shoot surely?

You go after them and arrest them?

I agree with your last sentence.

And are you assuming he was radicalised from birth because he's Palestinian? What about Christian Shireen Abu Akleh, journalist shot and killed last year? Was this justified by her being radicalised from birth? This "radicalization from birth" has become an anti Palestinian trope and needs to stop. This 8 year old is being branded a terrorist by people like you, with zero evidence other than him being Palestinian.

So the soldier who shot dead a child running away bears no responsibility? It is this kind of attitude that means they get away with murder over and over and over again. Children are the product of the environment they grow up in and the IDF and Israel have contributed to that environment as well

This was an execution of an 8 year old, because he's Palestinian. He was shot from behind, on the back of his head. Even if he did have an explosive device in his hand, and there is no evidence to show this he should have been immobilised with a rubber bullet to the lower half of the body. Sadly, this indiscriminate killing of Palestinians is nothing new 💔

@Depdawg Let's stick to thread topic

@Depdawg even if and that's a big 'if' that he was throwing something then in the cctv footage you can see he is unarmed and running away
He died from a single shot to the head
If they were trying to be preventative they would have shot at his legs not that I even agree with that

So you apply your rationale to any shooting, in life?

@Depdawg I'll always blame the person who pulls the trigger. Democracies don't act like this, by the way.

No, I live I a real world, where I see the bigger picture/threat.
blame those brain washing these children
to risk their lives.

Note the word 'suspected' which is very different to proven
Is there any proof of this?
And regardless who shoots a 9 year dead for a 'suspected crime'

Have a look at their ages, they were children fgs executed. Plenty of young people commit crimes in other countries and don't get executed for them! Have a look at the footage they were running away so no threat when shot. Maybe you want to live in a world where kids get shot for their actions but I certainly don't.
Many teenagers in Northern Ireland threw petrol bombs at British soldiers who for the most part did not shoot them dead without impunity

@Depdawg Crikey. Are you justifying shooting 9 year olds because you suspect them now? That's terrifying.

The level of violence in the WB is out of control. International community needs to step in and keep the peace there.

They were suspected of throwing explosive devices at troops.
Just thought I would add that crucial point.

The sad thing is that events like this, shooting boys as they run away are no longer shocking. The good thing though is that now it is being seen and being spoken about. The IDF for years have been lying and covering up murders, now their trueselves are out in the open and questions are finally being asked.

It was headline news on bbc news at 10pm last night with footage of them being shot and interviews with their family

BBC news had it as its headline story last night with footage of what happened. They were unarmed no excuse. IDF are murderers

It's not a football game where we choose sides, these are the lives of human beings. But an army operates under discipline and that makes its actions more shocking and should not be on a par with the actions of random murderers

You obviously didn't even bother to check the Guardian website before flaunting your ignorance - it's the main headline and has been all morning

3 Israelis have been shot and killed in Jerusalem and another 6 people are in hospital as a result of a terrorist attack. Why is this not mainstream news? I bet it won’t be in The Guardian.

This morning on BBC radio the 3 killed in the shooting in Jerusalem was reported on, but absolutely no mention of the 4 killed in the West Bank, even though that shooting involved the death of 2 children.

If that doesn’t send a message that Palestinian lives don’t matter, I’m not sure what does.

The harassment of and shooting at Palestinians in the West Bank by the IDF has increased during the pause in Gaza. It’s like they have to be killing Palestinians somewhere.