Israeli Snipers Shot And Killed This 13-Year-Old Boy While He Was Playing With Fireworks To Mark Ramadan
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir then called Rami a “terrorist” for shooting fireworks.
Israeli snipers shot and killed this 13-year-old Palestinian boy while he was playing with fireworks to mark Ramadan.
On Tuesday night, March 12, Rami Hamdan Al-Halhuli was playing with his brother and friends in front of his family home in Israeli occupied East Jerusalem.
His family then urged him to light a firework, so he pointed it away from him and aimed up into the sky.
Before the firework could even go off, Rami was hit by a bullet fired by an Israeli border police officer, video of the moment showed.
In a statement, Israeli police said they had fired a single shot at a “suspect” who had “endangered the forces while firing aerial fireworks in their direction”.
Jerusalem officials said that Rami died from his wounds shortly after being shot.
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir then called Rami a “terrorist” for shooting fireworks.
At a press conference on Wednesday, March 13, Ben-Gvir called the officer who shot Rami as a “hero and a warrior”, saying the officer had done an “exemplary job” and would receive the full support from his office.
Rami’s family have said that Israeli authorities are now refusing to give them his body.
Rami was one of four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank on March 12.
At least 111 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in the Israeli-occupied West Bank since October 7, according to child rights group, Defense For Children International Palestine.
More than 13,000 children have been killed since Israel declared war on Gaza on October 7.
