The IDF opened an investigation on Wednesday after Palestinian media reported that a Palestinian preteen was shot and killed by the IDF during arrest procedures that took place after Palestinian suspects dropped a bag carrying the corpse of an infant next to a military post.
"Earlier [on Wednesday], IDF soldiers identified a number of suspects who got out of vehicles near a military post at the entrance to Kfar Beit Ummar, in the area of the Etzion Regional Brigade,"
The IDF Spokesperson's Unit announced on Wednesday night that soldiers near the entrance of Kfar Beit Ummar saw suspects get out of their car next to a military post in the area and begin digging. After a few minutes the suspects left and when the soldiers arrived at the site to investigate, they found two bags, including one containing the corpse of a one-day-old infant.
The soldiers began searching the area for the suspects' vehicle and, shortly afterwards, spotted a vehicle that they identified as the suspects' vehicle. The soldiers began arrest procedures, including firing in the air and shouting. When the vehicle failed to stop, one of the soldiers fired towards the wheels of the car in order to stop it.
Palestinian reports claimed that a Palestinian preteen was killed by the gunfire. The incident is being investigated on the command level and by military police.The Palestinian WAFA news agency reported that IDF soldiers exhumed the remains of a newborn girl after she was buried by her parents in the children's cemetery of Beit Ummar. The mayor of Beit Ummar claimed that the soldiers stormed the cemetery, exhumed the girl's grave and threw her body next to the grave.
The Palestinian Health Ministry reported on Wednesday evening that a young Palestinian preteen was shot and killed by IDF fire at the entrance to the Palestinian town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. While the ministry reported the boy's age at 12, Ynet reported that al-Alami is actually 13. The Palestinian WAFA news agency reported that he is 11-years-old. The Jerusalem Post has not yet independently confirmed the boy's age upon his death.
According to the ministry, the deceased, Muhammad al-Alami, was wounded in the chest while riding in the car with his family and evacuated by the Red Crescent to Al-Ahly Hospital in Hebron in critical condition, where he died of his wounds.Al-Alami's father was also wounded by IDF fire.
While the soldiers were at the scene, the al-Alami family car reportedly approached them in a "suspicious manner," and the soldiers began shooting towards the vehicle, fearing an attempted ramming attempt, Ynet reported earlier on Wednesday, although the IDF statement did not mention this.
On Friday, a 17-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by IDF fire on Friday during clashes in the town of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank (Samaria), Palestinian.