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Underage, Under FireAs war rages in Gaza,

Israel’s crackdown on West Bank insurgency is killing Palestinian youths
By ADAM GELLER and JALAL BWAITEL
Photos and video by BRAM JANSSEN
Published September 12, 2024JENIN,

West Bank (AP) –In the web of battered, sun-baked streets winding up the hillside, bloodshed is as unrelenting as the heat. So it is not hard to see why, when raid sirens and gunfire erupted yet again on a morning in late May, 15-year-old Mahmoud Hamadneh turned his bike down an alley that held out the promise of refuge.The narrow lane, a few hundred yards from his school, looks like an urban oasis, shaded by olive branches that reach across walls on either side. On a recent afternoon the cooing of doves and whine of cicadas amplified its stillness. Only the faded stain of Mahmoud’s blood in the pavement and a stone, hand-lettered with his name, betrayed the illusion.“He didn’t do anything. He didn’t make a single mistake,” says Amjad Hamadneh, whose son, a buzz-cut devotee of computer games, was one of two teens killed that morning in the opening minutes of a raid by Israeli forces.“If he’d been a freedom fighter or was carrying a weapon, I would not be so emotional,” says his father, an unemployed construction worker. “But he was taken just as easily as water going down your throat. He only had his books and a pencil case.”An aerial view of the Jenin refugee camp.Jenin’s refugee camp has long been notorious as a hotbed of Palestinian militancy, raided repeatedly by Israeli forces who have occupied the West Bank since seizing control in their 1967 war with neighboring Arab states. During the two-day raid that began the morning of May 21, Israeli troops traded fire with Palestinian gunmen. Militant groups said eight of the 12 Palestinians killed were their fighters.But the casualties that day, and many others in recent months, went beyond armed men engaged in the region's seemingly endless conflict. As the world’s attention focuses on the far more deadly war in Gaza less than 80 miles away, scores of Palestinian teens have been killed, shot and arrested in the West Bank, where the Israeli military has waged a months-long crackdown.More than 150 teens and children 17 or younger have been killed in the embattled territory since Hamas’ brutal attack on communities in southern Israel set off the war last October. Most died in nearly daily raids by the Israeli army that Amnesty International says have used disproportionate and unlawful force.https://apnews.com/projects/west-bank-p ... rs-israel/

Beakman » 15 Sep 2024, 10:26 am » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 10:26 am

Its high time we bust IZRAHELL for GENOCIDAL WAR CRIMES! and convict Netanyahoo!    

*Vegas » 15 Sep 2024, 10:17 am » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 10:17 am

They also hit a tent with crowded civilians in it. Of course, they were said they were targeting the Hamas leaders who were in the tent, so why not just blast the hell out of all of the civilians in there also? They are using snipers to kill teens now. God this country is evil.

PhiloBeddo » 15 Sep 2024, 11:35 am » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 11:35 am

Who attacks who? Israel defends itself while Hamas (Palestinians) attack and target citizens. Kill all the Palestinians and do the world a favor.

*Vegas » 15 Sep 2024, 10:27 am » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 10:27 am

Yep. Regretfully, it will never happen since the American empire has their back.

jerrab » 15 Sep 2024, 5:00 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 5:00 pm

perhaps russia steps in. they wanted a ceasefire months ago.

*Vegas » 15 Sep 2024, 10:17 am » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 10:17 am

They also hit a tent with crowded civilians in it. Of course, they were said they were targeting the Hamas leaders who were in the tent, so why not just blast the hell out of all of the civilians in there also? They are using snipers to kill teens now. God this country is evil.

Mrkelly » 15 Sep 2024, 6:05 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 6:05 pm

Israel is just getting started 

you ain’t seen nothing yet

check these Jews out that are talking about Israel 

the GOATS

https://youtu.be/hTcx54uaoqU?si=OybS9WJBBCzTCFOC

*Vegas » 15 Sep 2024, 10:17 am » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 10:17 am

They also hit a tent with crowded civilians in it. Of course, they were said they were targeting the Hamas leaders who were in the tent, so why not just blast the hell out of all of the civilians in there also? They are using snipers to kill teens now. God this country is evil.

RebelGator » 15 Sep 2024, 7:22 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 7:22 pm

What kind of dumb *** hangs around Hamas leaders?

RebelGator » 15 Sep 2024, 7:22 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 7:22 pm

What kind of dumb *** hangs around Hamas leaders?

*Vegas » 15 Sep 2024, 9:15 pm » wrote: ↑

15 Sep 2024, 9:15 pm

I don't think they know who they are. They intentionally blend in with civilians.