EU condemns Israeli settlers’ killing of Palestinian teenager near Ramallah
Occupied Palestine (QNN)- The European Union expressed on Sunday its sadness over Israeli settlers and forces’ killing of 16-year-old Amjad Nashaat Abu Alia in al-Mughair village, northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah two days ago.
The EU Delegation to the Palestinians wrote in a tweet today that it is “saddened by yet another young victim of settler violence,” referring to Abu Alia, calling for a “rapid and transparent investigation.”
“The EU firmly condemns the increase in settler violence and growing number of casualties,including children,” the EU added.
Saddened by yet another young victim of settler violence: 15-year old Amjad Abu Alya was killed on Friday at Mughayyer village. A rapid & transparent investigation is needed. The🇪🇺 firmly condemns the increase in settler violence & growing number of casualties,including children.
— EU and Palestinians (@EUpalestinians) July 31, 2022
Israeli occupation soldiers and settlers shot the Palestinian boy with live fire in the chest, on Friday afternoon, and he succumbed to his critical wounds, a few minutes later, after he was rushed to a hospital, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed.
It is not yet clear whether the gunfire came from the Israeli soldiers or from colonial settlers, Israeli and local media reported, as the teenager, his parent’s only child, was killed during an anti-settlement rally in the village which turned into confrontations with the occupation soldiers and settlers when the latter brutally attacked and suppressed the non-violent protesters.
إصاباتٌ ومواجــهـــاتٌ.. قوات الاحتلال تقمع وقفة ضد الاستيطان في قرية المغير شمال شرق رام الله. pic.twitter.com/qF9KLg8NGH
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) July 29, 2022
Translation: Injuries and confrontations.. Israeli occupation forces suppress an anti-occupation march in the al-Mughair village, northeast of Ramallah
Local sources reported that both soldiers and settlers fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets towards the protesters.
Al-Mughair, a village northeast of Ramallah, has been a frequent target of recurrent attacks by the Israeli occupation forces and colonial settlers, with much of the village’s land facing a threat of confiscation in favor of the colonial settlement project.
