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May 21, 2014

Video Shows Israeli Killings of Unarmed Palestinian Youths 
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The Israeli military is being accused of unlawfully killing two unarmed
Palestinian youths following the release of video footage showing the
attacks. The two victims were killed during annual Palestinian rallies
in the occupied West Bank marking the Nakba, or "Catastrophe," when
hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced during the period
around Israel's declaration of statehood. On the tapes, the first victim
is shot as he walks down a street with his hands by his side. The second
victim is shot as he walks away from a protest area with his back
turned. Rifat Kassis of the group Defence for Children International
called on the Israeli government to launch an investigation.

Rifat Kassis: "Watching the video and through our documentation, the
final conclusion for us is that neither of the children posed any
threats to be deserved to get killed. This is one thing. Second thing,
we noticed also that they were several hundred meters far, the shot came
from far. And what we, as DCI, we ask upon the Israeli government to
open an impartial investigation and let the people and the world know
about what happened exactly that day."

 

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