Palestinian boy killed by Israeli occupation forces near Bethlehem

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, March 13 (YPA) – A Palestinian child was shot and killed on Wednesday by Israeli occupation forces near the military checkpoint of Al-Nafaq, west of the city of Beit Jala, in Bethlehem Governorate, the Palestine official news agency Wafa reported.

The Israeli occupation military claimed that the Palestinian attempted to carry out a stabbing attack targeting Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint.

Eyewitnesses said that the occupation forces left the child to bleed until he died and barred him any first aid given to him.

The occupation soldiers closed the said checkpoint in both sides, inspected vehicles and citizens’ IDs.

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