Palestinian girl killed in West Bank was looking out the window, her father says

A 16-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in the West Bank city of Jenin this week was shot dead by an Israeli sniper as she looked out of the window of her home, her father says.

The Israeli military has said it is looking into reports of the death of Lujain Osama Musleh on Tuesday, during a major counter-terror operation in different areas of the West Bank involving hundreds of soldiers and armored vehicles.

Osama Musleh says troops had surrounded the house next door to his when his daughter was shot through the forehead after opening the curtain to look outside.

“She didn’t go to the roof, she didn’t hurl a stone, and she wasn’t carrying a weapon,” he says. “She is 16 years old. The only thing she did was look from the window and the soldier saw her and shot her. One bullet that targeted her forehead.”