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Israeli police murder 16yo girl after alleged "knife attack" in Jerusalem

RT
Tue, 09 May 2017 03:25 UTC

A 16-year-old Palestinian girl was shot dead by Israeli police after reportedly attempting a knife attack at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on Sunday.

"The female terrorist approached Border Police officers who were on patrol at Damascus Gate, waved a knife in the air at the officers, and the terrorist was shot and critically injured," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.

"The area was immediately cordoned off and security heightened as we look into the identity of the terrorist and where she came from."

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the girl as Fatima Abed el-Rahman Hajiji from Qarawat Bani Zeid, north of Ramallah.

A police spokesperson told the Times of Israel that the girl "arrived from Sultan Suleiman Street toward the steps of the Damascus Gate. She approached a police and border guard force stationed in the area. She took out a knife and while screaming 'Allahu Akhbar' tried to attack them."

The incident took place at about 7 p.m, and no officers were injured, police said. Damascus Gate is a main entrance to Jerusalem's Old City and has been the site of violence between Palestinians and Israeli forces.

According to witnesses cited by the International Middle East Media Center, Hajiji was standing at least 10 meters from soldiers and police, who shouted she had a knife before opening fire.

Comment: So the allegations the child had a knife are coming from the police.

The girl was reportedly shot with multiple bullets, with Ma'an news agency reporting "some 20 bullets" were fired.

Video footage taken in the aftermath, and photographs from the scene, show a number of bullet wounds on Hajiji's back, and a number of bullet holes in nearby cars. These embedded images are not from the original source, but have been shared widely online.

According to police, Hajiji was carrying a letter featuring verses from the Koran and was signed, Shahada, or martyr. Police released photographs of the knife but not the letter.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the shooting. "During a press conference with the German President in Jerusalem yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke about the "ethics" of the occupation soldiers. The "ethics" which Netanyahu boasts emerged quickly and not far from the residence of the German President, when the occupation forces executed child Hajji in cold blood," the ministry said in a statement.

Mourners gathered outside Hajiji's home on Sunday night.

Comment: IMEC provides an update:

On Sunday afternoon, Israeli police shot and killed a 16-year old Palestinian girl near the Damascus gate in Jerusalem.

Although the Israeli police spokesperson claimed that the teen attempted to stab a security officer, that account has been disputed.

The child has been identified as Fatima Afeef Abdul-Rahman Hajiji, 16, from Qarawat Bani Zeid village, northwest of Ramallah, in the central part of the West Bank.

Eyewitnesses said Fatima was standing near the entrance of Bab al-'Amoud (Damascus Gate), and was at least ten meters away from the near soldier or officer, and that one of the soldiers started shouting "knife, knife," before five soldiers fired a barrage of bullets at the child.

They added that the Fatima was first shot with several live rounds in the chest, and the soldiers continued to fire at her after she fell onto the ground.

Many live rounds also struck a Palestinian Taxi, parked nearby, causing damage and puncturing one of its tires.

Photos of the deceased show that she was shot and killed at quite a distance from the guard post, so even if she had been holding a knife (which is disputed), no security officers were in danger at the time when she was killed.

Following the fatal shooting of the child, the soldiers used pepper-spray against dozens of Palestinians who gathered in the area, especially close to Fatima.

In addition, the soldiers assaulted many Palestinians, including children, in Sultan Suleiman Street, causing a child, identified as Mahmoud Abu Sbeih, 9, to fall from a high altitude after mounted officer chased him and many other Palestinians.

Hundreds of soldiers and mounted police officers were deployed in the area, closed many roads and alleys, and forced the Palestinians away.

Reader Comments

system · 2017-05-09T04:40:24Z

She brought a knife to a gunfight. Obviously a 'suicide by police', or an amateur attempt at jihad.

I'm sorry SOTT, or pro Palestinian activists, but in a society, we have rules, and law&order. We cannot go about in public, wielding knives, and other forms of threatening gestures to prove a point. That's what courts are for. Perhaps they shot her several times from a distance thinking she had a suicide belt? Not hard to imagine when dealing with a death cult such as Islam. This seems to be a pro Russian website. I find it hard to believe that Putin would put up with the same Islamic assault on his country. So i feel these types of articles are purely political, and only feed the already anti-semitic atmosphere of an increasingly Islamic EU demographic. sensationalism? media porn?

Fluffy · 2017-05-09T05:09:52Z

strategery 'That's what courts are for'

If you're a Arab in Israel there is no justice system for you.

'Dealing with a death cult such as Islam'

Are you serious?? I mean, have you ever read anything about that religion?? Most Muslims reject the 'Islam' you talk of....

What does being a pro-Russian website have to do with anything?? No, Putin wouldn't want this (extremist Islam) in his country (hence why they've been fighting western sponsored terrorism is Syria).... he's a normal, rational human being who can decipher the difference between right and wrong.... In Russia a 16 year old child wouldn't get shot for holding a knife 10 metres away from the police, if she did there would most certainly be a fair and just inquiry.

How can you tell from a distance if someone has a suicide belt?? What if it was a colostomy bag???

Your comments completely show just how ignorant you are.

sbc · 2017-05-09T05:21:38Z

strategery There is a fix if you think this is a pro russian web site and you dont like seeing it, QUIT visiting the page. All you seem to do with your comments is show how little attention you pay to an article before you decide to type some drivel about it feigning intelligence.

"She brought a knife to a gunfight" is what you said, but it is the fact that the child had a knife to begin with that is the real question. Just like when the israelis shot a 16 jewish kid a few days ago and planted a knife on him saying it was a palestinian knife attacker.

That seemed to disappear from the news very quickly.

The israeli armed forces seem to shoot whomever they want, and then plant a two or three inch blade on the body of the person they shot and claim it was a knife attack. A knife attacker is not going to go after someone in body armor with a three inch knife.

You also equate a news story about an Israeli possibly having doing something wrong as being anti semitic. That is PATHETIC. It seems that in your mind jewish people get a free ride, they are godlike and can do no wrong, and are above having any of their actions second guessed.

Although i am trying to explain how your comment is so vapid i doubt you have the intelligence to properly mull over anything i have to say.

I am going to stop wasting my breath now. Just do yourself and every other SOTT reader a favor and keep your comments to yourself. I do not think the average SOTT reader is gonna agree with anything you are saying anyways. Go read and comment on ABC news. It seems you like the propaganda better.

system · 2017-05-09T05:30:01Z

Fluffy Your comments show just how ignorant YOU are! In Israel, if the arabs wanted peace, because after all, Islam is a "religion of peace", then there would be peace, and final resolved borders. Hamas demands the destruction of Israel, and will never seek peace, no matter how good of a deal it is for the Palestinian peaple, who are in fact being held hostage by the wims of Hamas terrorists.

"Are you serious?? I mean, have you ever read anything about that religion?? Most Muslims reject the 'Islam' you talk of"

...i can tell you are a libtard who spews the same ol party lines that your pea brain can muster. lol, most of thr free world are weary of theae so-called peaceful muslims, and are wanting them deported.

And when the Islamic cgickens come home to roost in Putin's(or anyones)backyard, you will see more resolve to fight this insane menace to humanity.

How can you tell from a distance if someone has a suicide belt?? What if it was a colostomy bag???

...From experience.

system · 2017-05-09T05:42:15Z

sbc What about the 300 plus girls kidnapped, raped by boko harem? where is your outrage there? Are you like Obama, and turn the cheek because these crimes are committed by muslims? Why are you so hormonal over Palstinians, when there is so many heads rolling in Rihad?

system · 2017-05-09T05:54:44Z

sbc Just because your opinion differs from mine, does not mean i should be quiet, or go away. All you liberals are the same, including the Obama admin.

You tend to try, and censor any differing voice. Look what happened at that California university that was supposedly the birthplace of the "freedom of speech movement". The conservative students, speakers were violently attacked, silenced for having a differing opinion. The poster child of this liberal intolerance should be Stephen Cobert. A big whining cry-baby over Killary losing...

system · 2017-05-09T06:13:33Z

sbc ....You are crossing your fingers, tapping your Dorothy heals together, and wishing upon a star that the "average sott reader" agrees in lock step with your "save the whales" hormonal focus on the plight of one group of people in this world, while pretending that there is no other crisis other than what the liberal MSM dictates to you. Meanwhile, the globalist elites who are behind the pedo rings, human sex trafficking get a free pass. (MSM deafenig silence)

system · 2017-05-09T06:16:53Z

sbc FYI, ABC news in in full agreement with your stance. YOU ARE MAINSTREAM. YOU ARE A GLOBALIST.

herondancer · 2017-05-09T13:37:41Z

strategery More than one witness has said they saw a knife being planted near her body. The police made a big deal out of the 'letter' as motive, but won't produce it. Smells bad to me.

system · 2017-05-10T12:18:26Z

herondancer I guess my base point is: Most anywhere in the world, especially here in the states, if the police get an itchy finger, and shoot someone, there is always a 'throwdown gun', or in this case, a knife to bolster their self defense case. Thats why there has been an outcry for more body cams to keep the cops honest. This girl might have been at the wrong place, wrong time. But this kind of police behavior is certainly not exclusive to this part of the world. Put up that same scenario anywhere else in the world, and it would hardly be news.

system · 2017-05-09T05:14:28Z

I would like to add that if a man, or woman in any other part of the world would come at police, or other security forces with a knife, they would most likely suffer the same fate...unless they are tazed, which i find a more humane use of force. We in the states constantly hear of police shooting someone who "threatens" them. It seems that tazing is used less, and less. And more often than not, perps are shot...Out of convenience? What enrages me are the shootings by police over routine traffic stops, seemingly proportionately directed at citizens of color.

sbc · 2017-05-09T05:24:19Z

strategery again you are too ignorant to realize the question of the article was "did the girl have the knife to begin with?" especially since there is supposedly a martyr letter that they refuse to show evidence of.

Who cares what enrages you!!!

You know what really bothers me? Ignorant narcissistic bigoted @$$holes like you who think they are smarter than the rest of the world that disagrees with their narrative of reality.

system · 2017-05-09T05:36:54Z

sbc What a flaming libtard you are! lol...

when dealing with the police, does anyone have a knife to begin with? People get shot every second by police throughout the world. Why do Palestinians get such top headlines? How are they any better than the other people aledgedly holding a knife?

...take your midol,pls

sbc · 2017-05-09T05:25:58Z

I apologize to anyone whom i offended. except strategery i really don't care if they take offense or not, they needed to hear that.

system · 2017-05-09T05:37:40Z

sbc You need to apologize, retard

Fluffy · 2017-05-09T06:30:52Z

strategery Why do you even bother reading SoTT?

Any person reading your comments can see no matter what opinion or evidence you might [think you] have is deeply subject to your cognitive dissonance. Take your blinkers off.

Attacking people isn't very upstanding either, that's no way to have a debate.

system · 2017-05-09T07:03:44Z

Fluffy FYI, i enjoy reading SOTT very much. In fact, it is my main news source. Just because i had a differing opinion on one subject, doesn't mean i am at odds with every story on here. Or else, what would draw me? I was born with freedom of thought. If we all thought the same, how boring a life.

system · 2017-05-09T06:46:41Z

"Attacking people isn't very upstanding either, that's no way to have a debate."

Lol, i recall being attacked by you, and your libby cohort.

Fluffy · 2017-05-09T07:57:17Z

"Attacking people isn't very upstanding either, that's no way to have a debate."

Lol, i recall being attacked by you, and your libby cohort.

Calling you ignorant was simply a fact, not an attack.

system · 2017-05-09T08:10:11Z

Fluffy Calling you a stupid fucking libby bitch isnt an attack, its just a fact. ok, i see how that works.

seriously, you are a narrow-minded narcissist to assume anyone you disagree with to be ignorant.

system · 2017-05-09T06:53:55Z

"Your comments completely show just how ignorant you are." -Fluffy

you know, you can catch more bears with honey, instead of vinegar. Instead of attacking me for having an opinion, why didn't you use your superior intellect to win me over to your argument?

...But i have a sneaky suspicion the Israeli/Palestinian argument will never be resolved, til we are all voporized.

...next, more viable argument?

Fluffy · 2017-05-09T07:58:10Z

strategery Superior intellect won't win you over, you've already decided.

system · 2017-05-09T08:13:10Z

Fluffy I'm sorry Sheldon, i was being sarcastic when i was referring to you as 'superior intellect'.

actually, you are mentally challenged.

system ·

*vaporized

· 2017-05-09T06:58:04Z

Baybars · 2017-05-09T07:07:12Z

May Allah bless the soul of Fatima Abed el-Rahman Hajiji from Qarawat Bani Zeid, and all those who have been and will be martyred in the struggle to regain their stolen homes and lands. Ameen

system · 2017-05-09T07:24:07Z

Baybars I thought you were an atheist?

...or is that just lip service to sooth the fellow libby ears? lol, libbys deny a deity, unless it is in defense of Islam.(lip service)

hobnob · 2017-05-09T07:36:23Z

Perhaps the best anchor to be used here is "Gosh, who knows what the heck happened?" rather than coming from some partisan perspective and proposing some lie about never having reported on boko haram and riyadh or some such. Then it may be easier to take note of the information presented and just observe.

system · 2017-05-09T07:50:41Z

hobnyeba So you deny that the MSM has gone awol on the human tragedy that is Saudi Arabia?

And why did the world community not go in, and save those 300+ Nigerian girls when they first went missing?

hobnob · 2017-05-09T08:01:45Z

strategery I don't deny that. If you're just referring to MSM and not to users, then you're making a better argument than you were. How do you get to this idea, that it is reasonable to associate MSM's denial of atrocities in Saudi Arabia with people commenting on some other matter? I brought it back up for you. I care.

I don't think it's because they all automatically love muslims. Chad tried to help, didn't they?

system · 2017-05-09T08:01:53Z

hobnyeba We want to go in, and overthrow Israel to hand over the land to Palestinian arabs, but we turn our backs to the war crimes being committed by the Saudis in Yemen? Seems rich muslim bad guys are getting a pass. My point is the liberal world is hormonally focused on Israel, but overlook a miriad of offences by bad guys worldwide. Why the fixation on Israel? Like there isnt atrocities being committed by Turkey against the Kurds? Christian Iraqis totally forsaken by Obama, in favor of muslim immigrants?

hobnob · 2017-05-09T08:09:35Z

strategery I don't see anything false in condemning atrocities made by Saudi Arabia and Turkey, as well as by Israel.

As for any fixation, although I'm not sure that it comes from MSM, if you're right I guess Obama and Kerry changed the narrative a little; people followed in their footsteps. I'm also not sure that it's even predominantly a liberal stance. In this case, though it has changed recently, rightists tended to be more concerned about Israel, and as of now I'd say it's more independent-minded people.

system · 2017-05-09T08:22:10Z

Rightists, and leftists seem to be concerned about pleasing the Saudis. I think its all about the petro dollar. We in the U.S. are pretty much energy independent, but yet our government still caters to Saudi Arabia.

hobnob · 2017-05-09T08:34:26Z

strategery That much is true.

system · 2017-05-09T08:42:51Z

hobnyeba You are by far the smartist cookie in the jar. Many good points. i'm going to bed. may friend, and (mostly lol)foe have a good day, or evening.

hobnob · 2017-05-09T08:52:23Z

strategery I'm not as smart as others here.

system · 2017-05-09T22:06:41Z

hobnyeba Thanks, you're too kind.

Fluffy · 2017-05-09T08:01:27Z

Someone has a bee in their bonnet

IncenDiary · 2017-05-09T08:01:38Z

soldiers need a reason for their firing , not "i was scared shitless of a little girl".

"she has a knife" works just fine. place the knife next to the body, sorted.

HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, EVERY TIME

donj · 2017-05-09T11:11:15Z

IncenDiary 'she has a knife' is just Israeli code for Palestinian girl

Baybars · 2017-05-09T19:20:25Z

IncenDiary Good observation.

I'm getting tired of the ceaseless, meaningless deaths at the hands of western governments, police and military.

Along with the "they had a knife/gun/pressure cooker" line, we also hear, "...and no officers were injured...", which is supposed to make the readers feel happy and confident in their overlords.

It is politically incorrect for me to wish that a teenage girl could take out a position of twenty IDF (insert your favorite oppressive police/military force here) using a knife and exceptional ninja moves, and then escape into the night.

Baybars · 2017-05-09T19:21:14Z

Baybars But I wish that every day

Beautiful and scary at the same time. Wonder when the big one will strike! ☄️ P.S This is probably what happened over Stockton, California.

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