13-year-old Rimas Al-Amouri was killed by Israeli forces after being critically wounded. Her death brings the number of martyrs in Jenin to 27 as the ongoing Israeli aggression continues.

According to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. "Rimas Omar Mohammad Ammouri, 13, was standing in the courtyard of her family home in the Jabriyat area of Jenin around 3:50 p.m. on February 21 when an Israeli soldier positioned inside a heavily armored Israeli military vehicle about 50 meters (164 feet) away fired at least five bullets into the courtyard, striking Rimas in the back. Rimas sustained one gunshot wound from a bullet that struck her back and exited from her abdomen. Soldiers continued firing toward family members who approached Rimas to help. Rimas’ mother was able to pull her inside and the Israeli military vehicle drove away. While they waited for an ambulance, which took about 20 minutes to arrive due to movement restrictions placed by the Israeli military, her family applied bandages to her wounds, which were bleeding profusely. Rimas was pronounced dead around ten minutes after her arrival to Jenin Governmental Hospital at about 4:30 p.m.

“Both Ayman (Ayman Nassar Taysir Al-Hemouni killed the same day in Hebron) and Rimas were targeted suddenly and without warning in the back with lethal force by Israeli soldiers safely positioned inside armored vehicles,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Israeli forces have nothing but contempt for Palestinian children’s lives and systemic impunity means they will face no consequences. It is outrageous that world leaders have allowed Israel to kill Palestinian children with such cruelty with no accountability.”

Rimas is the third Palestinian child targeted with live ammunition in her own home in the occupied West Bank since the end of January, according to documentation collected by DCIP."