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Israel systematically executing Palestinians: Judicial office

Tuesday, 15 March 2016 3:49 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 15 March 2016 3:49 PM ]

Sister of slain Palestinian Qasim Jaber mourns as she looks at his body during his funeral in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) on March 15, 2016. (© Reuters)

A high-status Palestinian judicial office says Israeli military forces fire an excessive number of bullets on Palestinians even after shooting them dead during various encounters in the occupied West Bank.

Ashraf Mashal, the head of the General Prosecutors’ Office in al-Khalil (Hebron), said on Tuesday that autopsies performed on three Palestinian youths killed the previous day in the city revealed that Israeli soldiers had sprayed their dead bodies with additional rounds.

Mashal said Israeli forces fired many live rounds into the heads of the three Palestinians apart from firing shots into various parts of their bodies.

Two Palestinians were fatally shot on Monday morning as they purportedly opened fire on and sought to run over Israeli troopers near the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement on the outskirts of al-Khalil, located about 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of al-Quds (Jerusalem).

Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinians Qasim Farid Jaber and Ameer Junaidi during their funeral in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron) on March 15, 2016. (© Reuters)

An Israeli soldier was injured during the exchange of gunfire between the Palestinian pair and the Israeli forces.

Moments later, Israeli military forces shot and killed another Palestinian youth in the same area as he allegedly tried to carry out a similar car ramming attack. Two Israeli troopers sustained injuries in the second assault.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the Palestinians as Qasim Farid Jaber and Ameer Fuad al-Junaidi from al-Khalil, and Yousef Mustafa Tarayra, 18, from the town of Bani Naim, east of al-Khalil.

Mashal also pointed to the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Mohammad Abu Khalaf, who was killed in al-Quds on February 19.

Abu Khalaf was first shot with two live rounds, before dozens more bullets were shot at him.

Another case was the fatal shooting of Hadeel Wajeeh Awwad on November 23, 2015. The 16-year-old girl was shot and disabled on the ground, before Israeli forces repeatedly shot her, killing the teenager and seriously wounding her friend.

Palestinian protesters throw bottles filled with paint at an Israeli military vehicle during clashes on March 11, 2016, following a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails, outside the compound of the Israeli-run Ofer Prison near the occupied West Bank city of Beitunia. (© AFP)

Tensions have heightened in the occupied Palestinian territories due to Israel’s imposition in August 2015 of restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East al-Quds.

Nearly 200 Palestinians, including women and children, have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces since October 2015.

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