Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, October 29, 2018
Yesterday, on 28 October 2018, in a new crime of excessive use of lethal force, which reflect the highest degree of recklessness of the lives of Palestinian civilians, Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinian children after targeting them with a missile in the border fence area with Israel, east of Wadi al-Salqa village, in the central Gaza Strip. Investigations conducted by the Palestinian Center for Human rights (PCHR), indicate that the airstrike violates the principles of necessity and discrimination and the use of force was excessive, especially that the 3 children were civilians and unarmed. The Israeli forces claimed that placed an explosive device near the border fence, but paramedics at Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), who retrieved the dead bodies of the 3 children confirmed that the children did not have anything and they found them on the border fence in the Palestinian side. The Israeli forces previously killed, injured and arrested many civilian Palestinians in similar cases. This crime comes after several statements of Israeli officials, on top of them was the statement of Naftali Bennett, Member of the Israeli Cabinet, yesterday, saying: “Those who approach the border fence will be killed.”
According to PCHR’s investigations, at approximately 18:30 on 28 October 2018, an Israeli drone fired a missile at 3 Palestinian civilians, who approached the border fence with Israel, east of Wadi al-Salqa village, east of Deir al-Balah, in an attempt to sneak through the border fence. As a result, the 3 children were killed after being hit with several shrapnel throughout their bodies. The ambulance crews were unable to enter the area due to the excessive shooting…