Israeli army kills teenage Palestinian for throwing stones

W460

The Israeli army said Friday that it shot and killed a Palestinian who threw stones at troops near the occupied West Bank village of Husan, whose mayor told AFP the boy was 17.

The army said that on Thursday evening "several terrorists hurled rocks toward Road 375 adjacent to Husan... Soldiers who were operating in the area responded with fire toward the terrorists, eliminated one terrorist and hit an additional terrorist".

Husan mayor Jamal Sabateen said the army had opened fired on youngsters throwing stones.

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Missing phillipo 04 April 2025, 18:12

When you see someone raising their arm with something in it with the intention of throwing it, nobody is going to think twice as to whether it is a stone or a grenade.