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 Boy While He Was Playing With Fireworks To Mark Ramadan](/content/images/size/w1200/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/israel-kill-palestine-boy-fireworks-jerusalem-ramadan-rami-hamdan-al-halhuli.jpg)
Israeli snipers shot and killed this 13-year-old Palestinian boy while he was playing with fireworks to mark Ramadan.
![Israeli troop kill 13-year-old palestinian boy](https://almostmag.co/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/israeli-troop-kill-13-year-old-palestinian-boy-min.png)
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.
![Rami Hamdan Al-Halhuli killed by israeli troops](https://almostmag.co/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/rami-hamdan-al-halhuli-killed-by-israeli-troops.jpg)
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”.
![children killed in gaza by israeli forces](https://almostmag.co/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/children-killed-in-gaza-by-israeli-forces.jpg)
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.
![Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir](https://almostmag.co/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/israels-national-security-minister-itamar-ben-gvir.jpg)
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.
![Palestinian boy killed by israel for lightning fireworks](https://almostmag.co/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/palestinian-boy-killed-by-israel-for-lightning-fireworks-min.png)
Rami’s family have said that Israeli authorities are now refusing to give them his body.
![palestinian children killed by israeli forces](https://almostmag.co/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/palestinian-children-killed-by-israeli-forces.jpg)
Rami was one of four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank on March 12.
![israeli forces kill children in gaza](https://almostmag.co/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/israeli-forces-kill-children-in-gaza.jpg)
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 gaza children killed by israeli forces](https://almostmag.co/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/more-than-13000-gaza-children-killed-by-israeli-forces.jpg)
More than 13,000 children have been killed since Israel declared war on Gaza on October 7.