Palestinian child shot dead by Israeli forces near Hebron

LONDON: An 11-year-old Palestinian child was declared dead on Thursday evening after succumbing to injuries sustained from Israeli forces’ gunfire. Mohammad Bahjat Al-Hallaq was a fourth-grade student living in the village of Al-Rihiya, located south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. Israeli soldiers shot live bullets at children playing football in the yard of Al-Rihiya Girls Secondary School early on Thursday, according to a Wafa correspondent. Al-Hallaq was shot by a bullet that penetrated his pelvis.

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