Biden envoy pays condolence call to family of Palestinian toddler mistakenly killed by IDF

Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

Relatives of Mohammed Haitham Tamimi, a 2.5-year-old Palestinian boy accidentally shot by the IDF a week earlier, attend his funeral in the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank on June 6, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
Relatives of Mohammed Haitham Tamimi, a 2.5-year-old Palestinian boy accidentally shot by the IDF a week earlier, attend his funeral in the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank on June 6, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

A senior Biden administration official makes a condolence visit to the family of Mohammed Tamimi, a two-year-old Palestinian who was mistakenly shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank last week.

US Special Representative for Palestinian Affairs Hady Amr “visited Nabi Saleh to express his profound condolences to the Tamimi family for the heartbreaking loss of their son Mohammed,” his office says.

“No parent should have to bury their child this way. To create a brighter future, more must be done to minimize civilian casualties,” the statement adds.

Yesterday, Amr’s US Office of Palestinian Affairs called on Israel to “evaluate all use of deadly force that involves civilian casualties” in light of Tamimi’s killing.

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