
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian American Teen In Occupied West Bank
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The Trump administration is facing calls to investigate Israel's latest killing of a U.S. citizen: 14-year-old Amer Mohamad Saada Rabee of New Jersey.
Israeli forces shot three Palestinian American teenagers in the occupied West Bank on Sunday ― killing one of them in what is the latest incident of the military targeting U.S. citizens, usually without consequence.
A group of children were protesting an Israeli raid at the village of Turmus Ayya when Israeli soldiers opened fire on them, hitting three teenage boys who are U.S. citizens, according to local media and the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Two 15-year-old Palestinian American boys, Ayoub Jabara and Abdulrahman Shihada, were rushed to a hospital to get treatment for their wounds, according to the village’s mayor Adeeb Lafi. But Israeli soldiers detained the third, 14-year-old Amer Mohammad Saada Rabee, before paramedics could get him help.
Israeli troops shot Rabee 11 times, according to the Palestinian American Community Center (PACC). The New Jersey teen was pronounced dead in custody.
Video on the ground shows Rabee’s mother kissing her son’s lifeless body during his funeral in Ramallah on Monday. PACC, based in New Jersey, held a prayer service in honor of the boy, whose death the group said was “entirely preventable and horrifically unjust.”