12-year-old boy shot by Israeli soldiers for holding a toy gun
November 3, 2005On Thursday morning, IDF troops from the elite Maglan unit shot and seriously wounded in the Jenin refugee camp a 12-year-old Palestinian youth who was spotted carrying a toy rifle as the soldiers carried out arrests.
According to Palestinian sources, the youth, Ahmed Ismail Khatib, was shot after a gunbattle erupted between the troops and Palestinian gunmen. One of the soldiers then fired at Khatib, who was visiting Jenin with his parents for the Eid al Fitr holiday.
Troops shot at the boy because they thought he was armed, then discovered he was carrying a toy M-16 assault rifle, military sources said.
Palestinian witnesses confirmed the boy was carrying a toy gun. Palestinian children frequently buy toy guns and other gifts to celebrate Eid al Fitr.
IDF troops transported the youth to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. Hospital officials said he was on life support, with gunshot wounds to his head and stomach.
Soldiers were in the town at the time pursuing an Islamic Jihad fugitive, Husam Jarradat, who later escaped, Palestinian witnesses said.
Via Haaretz
You would ask how come after all these years thos morons do not know that Palestinian kids buy such toys in Eid? And you would also wonder, if the child was walking with his parents down the street, normally carrying his riffle without being in a shooting position, what made them think he’s carrying a real gun and is attempting to shoot them?
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