Ramallah – A 16-year-old Palestinian boy succumbed yesterday to his injuries sustained by Israeli occupation forces who shot him on Friday during a raid near Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank.
The Israeli occupation forces shot Mohamed Hamed with live ammunition around 7:45 p.m. on June 24 during a raid near Silwad.
After shooting and arresting him, Israeli ambulance moved Hamed to Shaare Zedek Medical Center in occupied Jerusalem around 8:30 pm.
Hamed was pronounced dead on Saturday at dawn while he was in Israeli custody. His body was expected to be released later that day.
Local sources reported that Hamed was left for around 45 minutes after he was shot before being transferred to the Medical Center in Jerusalem.
More than 60 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of this year, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Hamed is the 15th Palestinian child shot and killed by Israeli forces in 2022, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine.
“Israeli soldiers know no bounds and kill Palestinian children with impunity,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Palestinian children will continue to be targeted. They will continue to be unlawfully killed without actual justice and accountability.”
2021 was the deadliest year for Palestinian children since 2014. Israeli forces and armed settlers killed 78 Palestinian children, according to evidence collected by DCIP.
