The funeral of the 14-year-old Palestinian-American Amir Mohammed took place on Monday on the western shore of the Israeli West Bank, a day after the shot and killed a double from New Jersey. Two other teenage boys, one whose family told CBS News that he was also a US citizen were shot, but survived.
His father did CBS News on Monday that his son's siblings were living in the US, but that Amir and his parents lived in Turks Ayia, at the Central West Bank, where the teenager attended school.
Israeli defense forces said IDF soldiers “identified three terrorists who threw stones on the highway, thus threatening civilians. The soldiers opened fire to terrorists who threatened civilians, eliminating one terrorist and hit two additional terrorists.”
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Together with its statement, IDF has released a 10-second video that seems to show three people throwing items. People cannot be identified in a grain video.
His father did that his son could not be identified on the video, and he believes that three teenage boys were shot dead while throwing stones on a almond tree.
“The video they (IDF) posted is not correct, and no one can prove that my son was there,” Rabbed his father on Monday. “Unfortunately, the US Embassy considered an Israeli story based on an incomprehensible video, but the US Embassy closes the video shot by people and journalists Violence of settlers “Murder, burning and theft, protecting IDF.”
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CBS News asked the US Embassy in Jerusalem about his father's incident that US officials have made an explanation for the shooting of Israeli troops; The embassy said she had sent a request to the US State Department. The State Department's press -secretary expressed condolences to the family and stated that the US knew about the IDF statement, but stated that there would be no comments in respect for the family's privacy at this time.
His father did that his son seemed shot with two different weapons, and that two bullets entered his heart, two hit his head, two hit his shoulders, and then five more people hit his body.
“It was a shooting on the ground,” said his father.
Assad Ayub Ahed, the second 14-year-old American national, who was shot together with Rab and Al-Rayman, was in a serious state on Monday.
The incident happened when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went to Washington with plans meet at the White House On Monday with President Trump.
“We must … send a message to President Trump to at least stop this situation,” said the CBS News. “Stop sending weapons to kill.”
Another American, American-Turkish double national Esenur Ezgi Ega was killed On the west bank in September. Witnesses, her family and group Eygi joined the protest in the occupied Palestinian territory – Note She was shot dead by Israeli sniper when she stood under a tree in the city of the West Bank Nablus. IDF said the initial investigation of Eygi's death “found that it was likely that it was impressed indirectly and inadvertently from the IDF fire that was not directed to it.”
The report was contributed.