This is so fucked up.
Witnesses say slain Palestinian teen shot fireworks up in the air, not at soldiers
The Israelis say Rami El Halhuli had endangered their lives by shooting fireworks towards them.
But eyewitness accounts have corroborated two videos that we’ve seen. One is of the boy shooting the firework up in the air, not in the vicinity of the Israeli soldiers. And the other is of him shot, lying on the ground, and his mother is seen devastated.
The mosque there has said they are going to declare a day of mourning tomorrow and a strike where all businesses will be closed in order for people to mourn his death.
Ben Gvir salutes Israeli soldiers after killing of Palestinian boy
Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has expressed support for Israeli soldiers amid outrage over the killing of a Palestinian boy near the Shuafat refugee camp checkpoint. Rami El Halhuli, 13, was shot in the chest while he was playing with fireworks.
Ben Gvir posted on X shortly after the incident, saying he saluted the soldier who shot at the “terrorist who endangered” the lives of Israeli troops.
It made it to CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/12/middleeast/israel-police-shoot-palestinian-boy-dead-intl/index.html
Palestinian boy with firework, 12, shot dead by Israeli border police at east Jerusalem refugee camp
The separation barrier on the outskirts of the east Jerusalem refugee camp of Shuafat, pictured on December 28, 2023.
A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by a border police officer in Shuafat refugee camp in occupied east Jerusalem, according to hospital officials and an Israeli police spokesperson.
In a video obtained by CNN, the boy – Rami Al Halhouli – can be seen holding a lit firework above his head before the crackling sound of a single gunshot is heard. The boy falls to the ground just as the firework launches from his hand into the sky.
The Israeli police spokesperson said police forces responded to a “violent disturbance” at the refugee camp and a border police officer fired “towards a suspect who endangered the forces while firing aerial fireworks in their direction.”
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In a Telegram post, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir applauded the soldier who shot and killed the boy. “I support the Border Guard fighters who are operating at this time and are risking their lives now against dozens of Arab rioters in Shu’fat,” Ben-Gvir said.
“I salute the soldier who killed the terrorist who tried to shoot fireworks at him and the troops - this is exactly how you should act against terrorists - with determination and precision,” he said.
Really puts in perspective what Israel considers to be 'terrorists'. Not that it was known already but here it is from the National Security Minister's own mouth.
