Incident in the West Bank: Israeli police shoot three-year-old children
January 7, 2024, 9:10 pm Listen to the article
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Since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, there have been repeated violent clashes with Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. When a delivery truck passes the checkpoint barrier, the police open fire.
Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank. Police said officers targeted “terrorists” at a checkpoint who were trying to carry out an attack with their vehicles. A girl who was sitting in another car was injured. Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom said the three-year-old had died.
A large van broke through barriers at the Ras Bidu checkpoint, near the Israeli settlement of Givat Seev, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, according to a police statement and surveillance camera footage. A smaller van following the large one struck the officers and then fled. The police then shot at both cars.
The injured three-year-old girl in the other car was pronounced dead after an examination by paramedics, according to emergency services. Police said the alleged attackers were also hit by gunfire. However, her condition is unclear.
Since the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip began on October 7, violence has increased sharply in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967 and is governed by the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. According to the Palestinian Authority, at least 327 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli soldiers or settlers in the West Bank since then.