RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY(REDNA)- A 15-years old Palestinian girl was shot dead by Israeli forces a day before her 16th birth day.
The girl named Fulla Rasmi al-Masalma died of bleeding after she had left alone.
“A Palestinian girl was shot in the head by Israeli forces on Monday in the occupied West Bank town of Beitunia” the Palestinian health ministry said.
Israeli forces carried out an army raid in Beitunia where Fulla Rasmi al-Masalma was shot dead.
While riding in a car with another person, Fulla Rasmi al-Masalma was shot in the head and died. The other person in the car received injuries.
The Israeli military to justify their attack announced they had shot at suspicious vehicle as it drove to them without paying attention to their call for stop.
According to “Middleeasteye” eyewitnesses refuted the Israeli claim and said Masalma was denied medical attention, according to Ahmed Faraj, a spokesperson from the Beitunia municipality.
Faraj said there was “no way” the pair could have known there was a raid going on, and that they stumbled upon the soldiers by accident.
The dead body of the killed girl was given to the Palestinian ambulance service in the morning but wounded person who was in the same car is in Israeli custody.
This comes as Israeli military has been criticized for their killing for the sake of it.
Human rights` group have called for execution of the killing Israeli cases against Palestinians.
At least 138 Palestinians, including at least 30 children, have been killed in the West Bank this year, making it the deadliest on a monthly average for Palestinians since the UN began recording fatalities in 2005.