IDF shot a 9 year old boy

It was on channel four news this evening and they showed footage 😢
They were interviewing an Israeli official, and confronted him with it. He said it was during a raid on the West Bank to capture a specific suspect. Oh well I guess they just accidentally started shooting at kids whilst they were there eh?! 😡

I’ve seen the CCTV footage and it’s just awful. You can see the kids trying to run away (and a cat) and then they get shot. They’re all unarmed.

It’s an execution.

@Parkingt111 You're right. It's so insane. Imagine the outcry if police shot 9 year olds in the UK. It would be all over the news, and there would be a hefty inquiry and prosecutions.

I don't believe a single IDF soldier has been tried or sentenced or even dismissed for any of the killings of the Palestinians in the occupied west bank. Or has there been an odd occasion they have?

I don't think anyone was even charged for the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh even though that made mainstream news

But what I find very strange is that it seems to be acceptable. IDF does not say it's investigating, and no other countries are commenting. It seems to be legal now to shoot kids in the WB.

Absolutely horrific. Beyond belief. Surely the other heads of countries should be denouncing this action.

Please just stop.

@ThickPinkSocks it's absolutely terrible and such a sad waste of innocent life
This happened in the occupied west bank where there isn't a ceasefire
The ceasefire is only in Gaza
It doesn't make it any less upsetting

It was reported in the Guardian.
1h ago
19.07 GMT
Palestinian health ministry: Eight-year old and 15-year old shot dead by Israeli forces in West BankTwo boys, one 8-years old and the other 15-years old, where shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian health ministry said.
In a statement reported by Agence France-Presse, the health ministry said, “Adam al-Ghul, eight years old, and Bassem Abu el-Wafa, 15 years old, were killed by bullets from the occupier [Israel].”
CCTV footage circulating online shows what appears to be one of the boys running for cover in the street before being shot and falling to the ground. Someone else then runs towards the boy and drags him away, leaving behind a trail of blood.
Another video shows what appears to the other boy getting shot and falling to the ground. The boy can be seen struggling on the ground for over half a minute.
According to an official with the Palestinian Red Crescent who spoke with AFP, the boys were on a side street of central Jenin’s main thoroughfare, which is an area theoretically off limits to the Israeli army as it is under sole control by the Palestinian Authority, AFP reports.
Asked about the deaths by AFP, the army said that “a number of suspects” had hurled explosive devices toward troops.
“The soldiers responded with live fire toward the suspects and hits were identified,” it said in a statement.
According to the health ministry, since October 7, violence in the West Bank has increased significantly, with nearly 240 Palestinians killed by Israeli soldiers or Israeli settlers.