Palestinian officers recognized the 14-year-old US citizen as Omar Mohammed Rabea.
A Palestinian-American teenager has been shot and killed by an Israeli Jewish settler within the occupied West Financial institution, Palestinian authorities have mentioned.
Palestinian officers recognized the 14-year-old as Omar Mohammed Rabea and mentioned he was close to a settlement in Turmus Aya when the settler opened fireplace.
There have been sharp rises in settler violence, incursions, assaults and arson in opposition to Palestinians and their property within the territory since Israel’s conflict in Gaza started. The Israeli military has additionally been finishing up a sustained assault on the territory in numerous cities and cities.
Rabea was shot together with two different youngsters by the settler, mentioned the city’s Mayor Adeeb Lafi.
Palestinian officers condemned the capturing. “That is one more instance of the continued Israeli settler violence in opposition to Palestinians, with impunity,” one official mentioned.
The sufferer’s household has not but made a public assertion, however they’ve expressed their grief over their loss.
Worldwide criticism of Israeli settlement growth and Jewish settler violence has been mounting, drawing condemnation from human rights teams worldwide.
Israeli forces have opened an investigation into the killing, however there was no speedy remark from authorities. The Israeli navy and settlers function for essentially the most half with out worry of judicial repercussions in Palestinian areas.
There have been a number of circumstances of US residents being killed by Israelis within the occupied West Financial institution.
In 2024, Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old Turkish-American activist, was shot within the head by an Israeli soldier whereas protesting in opposition to unlawful Israeli settlements, in line with witnesses.
Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera, was additionally killed by the Israeli navy in 2022 whereas reporting within the occupied West Financial institution, regardless of being clearly recognized as a member of the press.
