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An 11-year-old boy was killed; no one cares: how can this be?

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Published: 10 August 2021

Last updated: 4 March 2024

CAROLINA LANDSMAN: Over the past two weeks, Israeli soldiers have shot and killed four Palestinians in separate incidents, including a boy sitting in the family car

A boy was killed: no one cares (Haaretz)

Palestinian protester killed by Israeli fire near illegal West Bank outpost (Haaretz)
Imad Duikat, a 38-year-old father of five, was hit by Israeli live fire in the chest and later succumbed to his wounds

A Palestinian plumber was shot dead by Israeli troops while trying to fix a water outage (Haaretz)
Why did the soldiers kill this man? And why is Israel refusing to return his body?

Photo: Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed al-Alami, 11, during his funeral in the village of Beit Ummar, in the West Bank, last week (Majdi Mohammed/AP)

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