The head of the IDF Central Command has effectively ordered troops to shoot stone-throwers on sight – so long as they are Palestinian. Soldiers are following through. Youssef Shtayyeh, 15, was shot dead from 100 meters away as he fled
Hamas calls for permanent ceasefire; Israel attacks ICRC building (again); another Palestinian detainee dies in prison; latest on Fatima Hassouneh; West Bankers killed for throwing stones; Smotrich: time to implement Trump’s plan; asylum seekers in Israel; Israel’s FM ‘cut short’ UK visit due to arrest warrant; campus news
The coldness of Israel and its soldiers is incomprehensible – shooting a Palestinian minor in the back, shooting at the neighbor who tried to help, threatening to shoot the ambulance driver, while the youth bled to death. This has become a common occurrence, with at least 52 Palestinian children killed in 2018.
Israel has sentenced Ahed Tamimi’s older brother Waed to 14 months in prison for allegedly throwing stones – just the latest Tamimi family member to be imprisoned, maimed, or killed by Israel.