They shoot at children, too. Report from Victoria Buch/Juliano Mer-Khamis (Director of Arna's Children)
Ahmad Khatib, 11 years old, was playing with friends in the alleys of Jenin refugee camp,
while in the upper neighbourhood the Israeli army was practicing their daily routine of
breaking into houses and arresting people.
The children were imitating soldiers by aiming wooden sticks at each other as if they were
rifles. Ahmad was holding his new wallet intending to buy a tie for his school uniform. He happened to be among the playing children.
First, the IDF bullet hit his hip. The second IDF bullet hit his head. It, certainly, does not look like a mistake. The bullet was aimed to kill Ahmad. Later on the soldier claimed that he mistook him for a sniper.
As a "gesture of good will", IDF allowed the wounded child to cross the checkpoint on his way to his death.
I visited Ahmad in Rambam, an Israeli hospital in Haifa.
Ahmad's heart is beating but Ahmad is dead. Tomorrow,
the breathing machine will be disconnected.
The Army spokesman apologized for killing the boy.
Juliano
Nov. 4 mailing from Juliano Mer-Khamis
who made the film Arna's Children about
Jenin's refugee camp
