The International Movement for Defense of Children - Palestine said today, Tuesday, "The Israeli occupation forces are continuing to target Palestinian children with the intention of killing them, taking advantage of the state of impunity and lack of accountability they enjoy," noting that 10 Children have been killed since the beginning of this year.
In a statement, the “World Movement” referred to the incident of the martyrdom of the child Muhammad Munir Al-Tamimi (17 years) as a result of the shooting of the occupation forces in the village of Al-Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, on the 23rd of this month, indicating that the child, according to the information it collected about He was hit by a live bullet in the lower back and exit from the stomach. An Israeli soldier fired at him from a distance of no more than three meters.
Defense for Children International stated that the occupation forces stormed the village of Nabi Saleh at about five o´clock that evening, from the eastern side, which led to the outbreak of confrontations with a number of residents, during which the occupation soldiers fired live bullets, tear gas bombs and sound bombs. An Israeli soldier, who was inside a military jeep, fired live bullets at the child Muhammad al-Tamimi from a distance of no more than three meters. The bullet penetrated his back and exited his stomach, leaving a large hole through which his intestines could be seen. He was subsequently transferred to the government hospital in Salfit by a special vehicle, where he underwent an operation. The surgery lasted for about four hours, and then he was transferred to the intensive care unit, only to be declared dead later.
The child Muhammad Al-Tamimi is the tenth Palestinian child to be martyred by the Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank, since the beginning of this year 2021, according to the statement of the international movement.
The “international movement” stressed that “the occupation forces resort to deliberate lethal force in circumstances that are not justified by international law, and that the excessive use of force is the rule, noting that systematic impunity exposes Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation to death at any moment without accountability for the killers. .
The movement noted that under international law, intentional lethal force can only be justified in circumstances in which there is an immediate threat to life or serious injury. However, investigations and evidence collected by DCI regularly indicate that occupying forces use lethal force against Palestinian children in circumstances that may amount to extrajudicial or willful killing.
DCI emphasized that the Israeli occupying forces are rarely held accountable for grave violations against Palestinian children, including unlawful killings and excessive use of force. According to the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din, between 2017 and 2018, about 80% of complaints submitted to the occupation authorities by Palestinians due to violations and harm at the hands of Israeli soldiers were closed, without opening a criminal investigation.
Of the complaints in which a criminal investigation was opened, only three incidents (3.2%) resulted in indictments, and overall, the chances of a complaint leading to an indictment against an Israeli soldier for acts of violence, including murder, or Any other harm, amounting to 0.7%, according to Yesh Din.
