The Israeli military said it shot dead a Palestinian “suspected of hurling a block” at soldiers on Saturday during an operation in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya.

Video reviewed by CNN shows a soldier shooting the teen when he is just feet away. In an earlier statement, the military did not use the word “suspected,” and said the person “hurled a block toward the soldiers.”

The Palestinian was identified as 16-year-old Rayan Muhammad Abdul Qader Abu Mualla by the Ministry of Health, citing the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs (PGACA), who said his body is still being held by Israel after he was killed in the Al-Sab’aneh neighborhood in Qabatiya.

A 26-second security camera video shared on social media and geolocated by CNN to Al-Sab’aneh, shows what appears to be the moment Israeli troops shot Abu Mualla.

In the video, a person walks down an alley towards two helmeted soldiers crouched partially behind a corner. The person is just about to reach the corner when one soldier raises his rifle and fires at point blank range, causing the person to collapse backwards.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/12/21/middleeast/israeli-soldiers-west-bank-teen-killed-latam-intl

Posted by Naurgul

5 comments

  1. > Video reviewed by CNN shows a soldier shooting the teen when he is just feet away. In an earlier statement, the military did not use the word “suspected,” and said the person “hurled a block toward the soldiers.”

    doesn’t even say they were hit by the block, just that he threw it in their direction.

    a 16-year-old, throwing a piece of rubble at fully armed and armored soldiers? yeah, gotta take out the threat immediately guys, this is clearly a dangerous terrorist

    fuck israel

  2. A couple of years from now we might actually have a movie that depicts the “horrors” the IDF soldiers witnessed in war like they were the victims and how they were traumatized 💀

  3. Remember, this is what they mean whenever they say “Israel has a right to defend itself”. Well, they also mean shooting 5 year old children 335 times. And raping detainees. And raping children. And using a bulldozer on bodies. And using a bulldozer on living people. And throwing civilians off the top of 3+ story buildings. And murdering journalists. And murdering Doctors Without Borders. And murdering the World Central Kitchen. And sniping children who are just playing in their own back yard. And murdering children in general. And kidnapping civilians. And kidnapping children. And using kidnapped civilians as human meat shields. And using kidnapped children as human meat shields.

    But remember, you can’t EVER call out the “most moral army in the world” for its actions, otherwise you’ll be labelled as antiseptic! And god forbid you ever criticize the illegitimate state of Israel for anything it does, otherwise you’ll be called a neo-Nasserist.

  4. I remember arguing with a Zionist maybe 15 years ago online… I was saying throwing stones during a regular protest at soldiers doesn’t deserve a bullet in return. A few of them lolled and said I wasn’t very bright. Apparently if a stone can possibly injure then the stone thrower is a combatant.

    They’ve been doing this for decades. There is no point using reason and persuasion. You just have to make Israel your enemy and work from there. Do what you can do. Use every lever. Don’t try to argue. It’s us against the zionists.

  5. This isn’t the first time that Israeli troops hiding behind walls or cars have shot a Palestinian whose only crime was walking around a corner.

    The soldiers are hiding, and the 16 year old child has no idea that they are there- otherwise he would probably walk the other way, given the record of the IDF for killing Palestinians under dubious circumstances and never being punished for it.

    The only real question is here is whether the soldiers involved lied to their superiors or if their superiors came up with the lie.

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