Palestinian boy, 12, describes how Israeli forces killed his family in car
4 hours ago
- #Human rights violations
- #West Bank violence
- #Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- 12-year-old Khaled Bani Odeh describes how Israeli forces killed his parents and two youngest brothers while they were driving home in the occupied West Bank.
- Among the dead was six-year-old Othman, who was blind and disabled, killed while sitting on his mother's lap.
- Khaled recounts his mother crying out before going quiet and his father reciting the Shahada as he died.
- Israeli forces allegedly beat Khaled after accusing him of lying about who was in the car.
- The Israeli army claims the car accelerated towards their forces, but a resident contradicts this, stating the car was stationary when fired upon.
- The incident has drawn criticism, including from Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, for the killing of children.
- The family's deaths are seen as part of a pattern of rising violence against Palestinians in the West Bank since the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks.
- UN reports indicate over 1,000 Palestinians, including at least 233 children, have been killed in the West Bank since October 2023.