The file photo shows Israeli soldiers holding their weapons.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) says Israel is allowing its soldiers to carry out “field executions” against Palestinian youths.
The PA Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday that Tel Aviv gave its forces the green light to kill Palestinians.
The statement
said that “the ministry affirms that the field executions practiced by
the occupation forces against Palestinian teenagers is in accordance
with the policy" of Tel Aviv. “They are also in line with the
inflammatory instructions that give the occupation soldiers a green
light to facilitate the opening of fire and the killing of
Palestinians.”
The statement also said that the PA
was preparing a report on Tel Aviv’s “field execution” in order to file
charges with the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The
Palestinian ministry added that the deadly violence on Palestinians
should be directed against illegal Israeli settlers who have recently
increased terrorist attacks against Palestinians.
The remarks come
a day after a Palestinian teenager identified as Ahmad Kamel Taj was
shot dead by Israeli forces near the West Bank village of Tubas after he
allegedly left an Israeli soldier slightly injured in a knife attack. Mourners
carry the body of 21-year-old Ahmad Rafiq Taj, a Palestinian who was
shot dead by Israeli forces, in his funeral procession on August 16,
2015 near the West Bank village of Tubas. (AFP photo)
The
PA further said Israeli forces executed Taj, adding he was left to
bleed to death after medical teams were prevented from saving him.
Late
last month, an attack carried out against a Palestinian home in the
town of Duma by Israeli settlers triggered widespread outrage after
Palestinian toddler Ali Sa’ad Dawabsheh was burned to death. His father
succumbed to his injuries days later, while his mother and brother
remain in critical condition.
According to the Palestine
Liberation Organization (PLO), Israeli settlers have carried out over
11,000 attacks on Palestinians and their property since 2004.
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