Israeli soldiers have been accused of shooting a Palestinian boy before attempting to ‘frame him’ as he lay bleeding to death.
Jad Jallah was shot by IDF soldiers at the al-Far’a refugee camp in the West Bank.
CCTV footage of the incident shows Jad and two friends standing in an alley, before peeking to their right and running away.
Several Israeli soldiers suddenly emerge and one appears to raise a weapon and open fire, before 14-year-old Jad falls to the ground and disappears outside the frame.
Witnesses said that 14 soldiers then stood around the wounded boy for at least 45 minutes while he bled out.
Video footage filmed by a resident of the camp appears to show the teen waving his arms and throwing his hat towards the soldiers in an attempt to ask for help.
However, the soldiers appear to ignore him, and one is seen dropping an object next to the boy before taking a photo.
The IDF has claimed that the teenager threw a rock, calling him a ‘terrorist’ who ‘attempted to attack the force.’
Under their rules of engagement, rock throwing allows soldiers to use lethal force.
However, Jad’s family has accused the soldiers of attempting to frame him, with his mother Safa telling the BBC: ‘They dropped a stone next to him so they could frame him, and make it look like he threw stones at them.’
She added: ‘You can see it in the video. Anyone who watches the video will see.’
The IDF has also been accused of blocking paramedics from reaching the boy, which they deny.
According to call logs, an ambulance was dispatched immediately, arriving at the scene in eight minutes .
However, the emergency team was allegedly stopped at gunpoint and prevented from reaching the wounded boy.
Hassan Fouqha, the lead paramedic, said: ‘We tried to advance several times, tried signalling to them to let us reach the child, but we were completely blocked.’
‘We could have reached him and provided medical aid but we were prevented. The purpose of this, we do not know, but this is what happened.’
The paramedic said they helplessly watched for over half an hour.
The IDF told the BBC that soldiers provided ‘initial medical treatment’ to Jad after verifying that he was not wearing a hidden explosive device.
The soldiers placed the teenager into the back of a military vehicle but it is unclear if this was before or after his death.
Human rights organisations have criticised methods in which IDF soldiers operate in the West Bank, including a permissive ‘open fire’ policy.
The groups say that soldiers frequently shoot people including children who throw stones, even if they do not pose an immediate risk to their lives.
Speaking to the BBC, Shai Parnes from Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said of the footage: ‘It is hard to determine for certain what we’re seeing – whether it’s a rock and whether they are trying to frame him with it.’
‘But I think anyone who watches it with an open mind will probably come to that conclusion.’
The Israeli military has not yet returned Jad’s body after the incident in November of last year, so the exact circumstances of his death remain unclear.
His mother Safa claimed the IDF was either being deliberately cruel, or attempting to hide something.
‘Maybe it is only to provoke our nerves, to exhaust us, to kill our patience,’ she said.
‘But we are patient, and we have hope, and we will keep waiting. Today, tomorrow, or after a hundred years, we will get him back. God willing, we will get him back.’
The IDF did not immediately respond to the Daily Mail’s request for comment.
This comes amid escalating violence in the West Bank, with constant clashes between settlers and Palestinians.
Last week, a Palestinian-American man was killed by settlers during an attack on the village of Mukhmas.
19-year-old Nasrallah Abu Siyam was killed after a group of settlers reportedly attacked a farmer, prompting fights with residents.
The Palestinian health ministry confirmed the man’s death from critical wounds.
