(1 Jul 2025)
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++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS FOOTAGE SHOWING DEAD BOY’S BODY WITH FACE UNCOVERED++
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Yatta, West Bank – 1 July 2025
1. Mid of mourners carrying body out of mosque and marching
2. Mourners carrying body wrapped with Palestinian flag
3. Various of funeral
4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Rafat Hawshiya, brother of 15-year-old Amjad who was killed:
"My brother used to work in Jerusalem. He lived in the Kafr Aqab area of Jerusalem. He worked at nights. And when he was leaving Jerusalem and heading home, there were clashes and they (Israeli army) shot him. My other brother who lived with him called me and told me that he (Amjad) was injured. At 5 in the morning, I headed to Ramallah. But on the way, I was informed that he died immediately."
5. Various of Rafat standing next to his brother’s wrapped body and crying
6. Mourners gathering outside mosque
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank mourned on Tuesday a 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed as he was on his way home.
Amjad Hawshiya’s brother Rafat said he was trying to go see his brother after learning that he was injured. "But on the way, I was informed that he died immediately."
Rafat mourned alongside relatives and neighbors in Amjad’s hometown of Yatta on Tuesday.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the occupied West Bank said Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the territory, including a 15-year-old, in two separate incidents.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment but said it was looking into the reports.
The circumstances surrounding the deaths were not immediately clear.
Over the past two years of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Palestinian residents in the West Bank have reported a major increase in Israeli checkpoints and delays across the territory. Israel, meanwhile, says threats from the West Bank against its citizens are on the rise.
Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war, and Palestinians want all three territories for their future state.
The West Bank is home to some 3 million Palestinians live under seemingly open-ended Israeli military rule, and 500,000 Jewish settlers. The international community overwhelmingly considers settlements illegal.
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