Israel: Autopsy Confirms Gunshot Killed Boy | Human Rights Watch
(Jerusalem) – A Palestinian autopsy has confirmed that a Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces during a protest in the West Bank on May 15, 2014, died from injuries caused by live ammunition. The June 11, 2014 autopsy of Nadim Nuwarah, 17, found bullet entry and exit wounds and metal bullet fragments.
Human Rights Watch investigations into the killings of Nuwarah and a second boy, Mohammed Salameh, 16, in the West Bank town of Beitunia on the afternoon of May 15 found that neither boy posed a threat to Israeli forces at the time.
“The autopsy of Nadim Nuwarah bolsters evidence indicating that Israeli forces unlawfully killed two boys on May 15,” said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch. “Israeli officials’ attempts to discredit evidence pointing to an apparent war crime by their forces raise grave concerns about accountability for these children’s deaths.”
