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Calls for Justice Mount After Israeli Soldiers Kill Teenage Boy in West Bank

HeadlineDec 07, 2020

Mourners gathered Saturday for the funeral of Ali Abu Alia, a Palestinian teenager who was killed by Israeli forces Friday. Israeli soldiers shot the teen in the stomach during a protest in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian officials called the act a war crime. The European Union Delegation to the Palestinians called for a full investigation, tweeting, “Children enjoy special protection under international law. How many more Palestinian children will be subject to the excessive use of lethal force by the Israeli security forces?”

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