Ramallah, May 20 (RHC)-- A Palestinian organization has published a new report shedding further light on the Israeli atrocities committed against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in April.
In the report, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan said that Israeli soldiers killed one teen and kidnapped 120 Palestinians in Jerusalem in April. According to the report, Israeli troops shot and killed 16-year-oil Ali Saeed Abu Ghannam on April 25th when he was trying to cross a military roadblock in the city.
"Israel held the body of the slain teen, and tried to place preconditions by attempting to force the family to pay a high fine, and limit the number of [the] Palestinian[s] who would participate in the funeral ceremony, but the family refused the Israeli demands," the report said.
The information center, which is known as Silwanic, said that scores of Palestinians were also shot and injured by Israeli forces in April. The report added that 14 women and 40 children were among the 140 Palestinians kidnapped by Israeli forces in different neighborhoods of Jerusalem.
Observers say the revelations are only the tip of the iceberg regarding Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in the occupied land. In recent months, Israeli forces have frequently raided the houses of Palestinians in the West Bank, arresting dozens of people, who are then transferred to Israeli prisons, where they are kept without charge.