Still in a state of shock, the first year secondary student recounted what had happened. “We left school together after having finished an exam in Islamic education. On our way home, we decided to hang out in a park in the southern area of Beita,” Thiab said. “As soon as we reached the park, we saw an Israeli soldier running toward us from a nearby hill. He shot at us four times, but we managed to escape. We started running and then suddenly, with a single shot, a bullet hit Imam directly in the heart,” the teen added. Imam then fell to the ground. I stopped and ran towards him but he told me to get away. Run! Ive been shot,’ he cried. So I started running again, hoping I could escape and get help. But the same soldier who shot Imam opened fire at me and shot me in the leg, Thiab continued. “Bleeding and in pain, I continued running. An ambulance was passing by and when it stopped the first thing I told the driver was that my friend and I weren’t even throwing stones or anything when we were shot.” Imam is the 50th Palestinian to be killed in the occupied West Bank by Israeli forces so far this year, and at least the 2,335th Palestinian to be killed by the Israeli military, including those killed in Gaza.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:18:42 +0000
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