The boy’s relatives and Palestinian medics said that Khalil Mohammed al-Anati was playing outside his camp once he was shot dead.
"We don't know what they (the Israelis) were doing," said Yussef al-Anati, crying, his shirt soaked in blood after carrying his nephew to hospital. "Khalil was playing in front of the house, then we heard gunfire. The kid was screaming and fell down," he said. "He was shot in the back and the bullet exited through his stomach."
A medical official confirmed his death. The Israeli military said it was looking into the reports. Dozens of relatives and people gathered outside the morgue where the child's body was taken. The funeral was to be held later Sunday.
Sunday's shooting followed two consecutive days of clashes in the West Bank between Israeli troops and Palestinians protesting against Israel's ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Also 14-year-old Ahmad al-Masri was killed in an airstrike on Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday morning. Nearly 500 children – between 10 to 17 – were among 2,000 Palestinians killed since July 8. Reports say that the number of children killed only in this war is more than the two previous ones.
The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip began on July 8. According to Palestinian health officials, the overall Palestinian death toll from the brutal Israeli war on the Gaza Strip is nearly 2,000, with most of the fatalities being civilians. More than 10,000 others have been wounded in the attacks.
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