PA slams ‘execution’ of Palestinian teenager

The Palestinian foreign ministry slams the killing of a 15-year-old Palestinian by Israeli soldiers overnight.

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian teenager and injured several others who were initially suspected of being involved in throwing rocks at cars on highway 443, but were later found not to have been involved.

The ministry calls the incident an “extrajudicial execution” and “Netanyahu’s reaction to EU’s adoption of the French initiative,” referring to the EU’s recent backing of the French peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians that was dismissed by the Israeli government.

In a statement, the ministry also calls for Palestinian, regional and international human rights organizations “to quickly document the circumstances of this heinous crime” so it can be tried in national and international courts.

— Dov Lieber