Police to examine Palestinian child’s death

Military Police say they will launch an investigation into the death of an 11-year-old Palestinian child, Khalil Muhammad Ahmad al-Anati, who was killed earlier today as a result of IDF fire in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Hebron.

“During IDF operational activities a violent riot erupted during which an IDF force opened fire and killed a Palestinian minor,” the army says.

“The IDF regrets his death. The incident will be investigated by the Military Police.”

Anati was rushed to the al-Ahli Hospital in Hebron after he was shot in the back, the Palestinian Ma’an News Agency reports. His death was announced a short while later.

Before the young boy was shot, IDF forces escorted Israeli engineers into a neighborhood in the refugee camp, locals tell Ma’an.

“We don’t know what they (the Israelis) were doing,” Yussef al-Anati told AFP

“Khalil was playing in front of the house, then we heard gunfire. The kid was screaming and fell down,” he said. “He was shot in the back and the bullet exited through his stomach.”