From the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights:

• In Tubas, according to eyewitnesses and PCHR’s field documentation of killing and mutilating the boy’s body, at approximately 00:45 on Thursday, 05 September 2024, IOF, accompanied by bulldozers and drones, move into Al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas. Several residents then gathered and threw stones at the Israeli vehicles while the soldiers opened fire on them.
• An hour later, soldiers shot a boy in the western neighborhood of the camp, who appeared to be taking out something from his pocket. They shot him in the leg and then a soldier ordered him to take off his shirt and he obeyed. And when the soldier ordered him take off his pants, the boy tried but couldn’t. Immediately, the soldiers fired two bullets that hit his neck and chest, causing him to collapse. He was left to bleed for approximately an hour and a half, as the soldiers denied medics from reaching him to provide aid or even retrieve his body.
• At around 2:30, IOF brought in a bulldozer and began desecrating the boy’s body, tearing open his abdomen and exposing his internal organs before dragging and throwing him on al-Far’a hill along Nablus-Tubas Road and opposite al-Far’a Valley.
• After IOF’s withdrawal at 06:45, the boy’s body, disfigured and unrecognizable, was retrieved and transported to the Tubas Turkish Public Hospital. The boy was later identified as Majed Fida Abu Zina (17), a resident of the Camp.

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From the Defense for Children International Palestine

• On September 5, 2024, Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Majed Feda Abdulqader Abu Zeina in Al-Far’a refugee camp, south of Tubas in the northern occupied West Bank.
• Majed was shot in the leg at a distance of 30 meters (98 feet) around 1:45 a.m.
• Israeli soldiers blocked a Palestinian ambulance from reaching Majed, despite his pleas for help.
• After discovering a homemade explosive device on Majed, a soldier fatally shot him in the neck at point-blank range.

Desecration of Body:

• An Israeli bulldozer later picked up Majed’s body and drove around the camp for an hour before dumping it in a southern area.
• His body remained on the ground until around 7 a.m. when it was transported to a hospital.

Medical Report:

• Majed sustained three gunshot wounds to one leg and a fatal wound to the neck.
• His body had additional open wounds from the bulldozer’s treatment.

Israeli Military Operation:

• Israeli forces entered Al-Far’a camp around 12:20 a.m. on September 5, deploying snipers and bulldozers, which destroyed roads, shops, and homes.
• This was part of a larger military incursion, “Operation Summer Camps,” targeting refugee camps in the northern West Bank.

Legal Violations:

• The desecration of Majed’s body violates international humanitarian and human rights laws, which prohibit cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment and mandate respectful burial of the deceased.

Wider Context:

• In 2024, Israeli forces and settlers have killed 76 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank, according to Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCIP).

• Since October 7, 2024, 157 Palestinian children have been killed amid a full-scale military offensive.

• In 2023, 121 Palestinian children were killed by Israeli forces and settlers, many through live ammunition or airstrikes. International Law:

• Lethal force under international law is only justified in cases of direct threat to life or serious injury. Evidence suggests Israeli forces often use lethal force in situations that may qualify as extrajudicial killings.

https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_fatally_shoot_16_year_old_palestinian_boy_desecrate_his_body