Israeli soldiers continue to practice terrorism and murder against Palestinians

The latest of which was with the shooting of four-year-old child Ahmed Yassen Abu Abed, when an Israeli sniper fired an internationally forbidden bullet at his head.

The child Ahmed Yasser Abu Abed died of wounds sustained a week ago east of Khan Younis.

Abu Abed went out with his father after he insisted on going to the Great March of Return, east of Khan Younis, despite his father’s fear that the occupation soldiers might fire at him, which actually happened.

As soon as they arrived at the Great March of Return east of Khan Younis province in the southern Gaza Strip, accompanied by peaceful demonstrators, a sniper shot the father’s hand with shrapnel hitting the head of his son, who was walking next to him.

The father carried his son, who was bleeding before his eyes, wondering why Israeli snipers targeted the child, assassinating his childhood.

“My child was taken to the hospital in full consciousness,” said the grieving father. “It took moments for the doctors to rush him to the ICU after his condition worsened, losing his life after spending a week at the hospital.”

In their home in the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Younis, the mother received her martyred son with flowers and tree branches, praying that God reward him in heaven.

As soon as the mother sat at the head of her son to take a final farewell look at his face, she began to mumble with words that expressed the pain of her heart.

The mother says: “He told me that he wanted to have a cake, and asked me to make him a one. God have mercy on you, Mama, you asked for a cake and you ate it before being killed.”

“Before he left, he told his father that I would not allow him to go to the border. He insisted on his father to take him and he left the house happy,” she said.

The grieved mother lambasted the Israeli soldiers for killing her son, pointing out that he did not even complete five years of his age.

She wondered about the crime committed by her child who went out to participate in the peaceful marches, demanding the prosecution of the occupation leaders who gave orders to kill her son and the rest of the demonstrators.

Defense for Children International, Palestine said the Israeli occupation forces killed 52 children in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, since the beginning of this year, 46 of them were in the Gaza Strip.

The group said in a statement that 18 children killed by IOF were shot in the head, nine in the chest, seven in the abdomen and five in the neck, while the rest of shootings were in different areas of the body (shrapnel), which indicates that Israeli soldiers intentionally targeted the upper areas of the body with the intention of killing the children.

Israeli soldiers practice a policy of shooting Palestinian children causing direct killings or permanent disabilities, in complete disregard to international standards and law.

Abu Abed died on Tuesday evening (11/12/2018) from wounds sustained during his participation in the Great March of Return on Friday (7/12/2018) east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

 

Source: The Palestinian Information Center