[kellyhound]

May 14, 2014, Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teens during clashes outside the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah.

Nadeem Siam Nawara, 17, and Mohammad Mahmoud Odeh Abu Daher, 16, were both fatally shot in the chest with live ammunition near Ofer military prison in the West Bank city of Beitunia.

Both boys were transferred to the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah where they were later pronounced dead.

The boys were participating in a demonstration near Ofer military prison to mark Nakba Day and express solidarity with hunger striking prisoners currently held in administrative detention by Israel.

The demonstration reportedly began peacefully and then turned violent when Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian youths.

"Israeli forces continue to use excessive force and recklessly fire live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets on unarmed protesters, including children, killing them with impunity,” said Rifat Kassis, executive director of DCI-Palestine.

“While Israel claims to open investigations into such incidents, they are not transparent or independent, and seldom result in a soldier being held accountable.”

Mohammad Abdullah Hussein al-Azzeh, 15, sustained a gunshot wound when he was hit with live ammunition in the back and left lung while taking part in the same demonstration. He is currently in stable condition at the Ramallah Medical Complex.

Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip held marches on May 15 to commemorate the Nabka or “catastrophe”, which marks the forced displacement and dispossession of the Palestinian homeland in 1948.

The use of live ammunition by soldiers on unarmed Palestinian civilians, including children, has been a recent area of concern to human rights groups.

In February, Amnesty International released a report finding that the Israeli army uses reckless force throughout the West Bank.

An Israeli army spokesperson said that the killings were under investigation and claimed that only rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas were used by Israeli forces at the time of the incident, not live ammunition.

The deaths on Thursday raise the number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces in 2014 to four, according to data collected by DCI-Palestine.

Over 1,400 Palestinian children have been killed as a result of Israeli military and settler presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 2000.

[Sharon]

Awful

[tecumseh35]

Oh well!!

[vagabond]

[darrenchess]

both shots to the heart, sounds like the shooter knew what he was doing !!!

[2006ashfaq]

Headline is too tepid, "murder of civilians" is more accurate.

[blancadon]

The people rush up like ants and cart their wounded off.

[katarina77]

Pallywood?

[uguysrsick!]

why the hell did they shot them? they seem to be protesting but nothing to provoke the police to shoot wtf

[Martano666]

Originally Posted by uguysrsick! ↗

why the hell did they shot them? they seem to be protesting but nothing to provoke the police to shoot wtf

You should probably read up a little on the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. It's so common it's almost odd that you are asking. Israelis regularly shoot Palestinians with no provocation, and vice versa. It's nothing new. There is a deep seeded hatred between both groups.