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Israeli army murders a Palestinian boy near Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem

IMEMC
Fri, 02 Feb 2007 10:06 EST

The Israeli army regularly murders Palestinian children.



Israeli army troops shot and killed a Palestinian boy near Qalandia checkpoint located between the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Jerusalem on Thursday at midday.

Tahha Qiljawi, 17, sustained fatal wounds and was left to bleed for some time until Palestinian medical teams managed to reach to him, Palestinian medical sources reported. Qiljawi was moved to a hospital in the nearby Ramallah city.

Army sources claimed that the civilian came too close to the wall and was trying to cross to the Israeli side of the Wall. This lead the soldiers to shoot and kill him.The claim is not verified by eyewitnesses.

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