Israeli gunfire leaves two Palestinian children paralyzed north of West Bank

RAMALLAH: Israeli occupation forces paralyzed two Palestinian children, Amr Suwaidan and Karim Sharab after directly shooting them in a clear deliberate attempt to disabling them. Suwaidan, 17, from the city of Nablus, was shot with live bullet in the neck by an Israeli soldier in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, on February 13th, Suwaidan and another young man were riding an electric bike when an Israeli military jeep chased after them through the streets of the town and attempted to intentionally run over them. When they fell, the young man was able to flee the place while Suwaidan couldn't. A soldier came near Suwaidan and began hitting him with the door of the jeep. After that, another Israeli soldier, specifically the one sitting next to the driver, opened a barrage of gunfire at him at point-blank distance, critically injuring him in the neck. Suwaidan was left to bleed on the ground for about five minutes following the shooting attack because Israeli forces did not allow anyone to reach him. An eyewitness told Defense for Children International Palestine (DCIP), 'One of the soldiers put his hand on the spot where Suwaidan was injured and told him, 'Death, Death.'' The bullet hit Suwaidan's neck damaging his nerves and spine and causing him paralysis in all four limbs. Meanwhile, Sharab, 8, suffers from partial paralysis after being hit by a live bullet in the neck during an Israeli military incursion into the town of Awarta, south of Nablus on December 2, 2023. According to eyewitness, Sharab was with his relatives near his family's home at 6:00 PM, while the occupation forces were stationed approximately 15 meters away from him, during which an Israeli soldier opened gunfire towards Sharab, critically wounding him in the neck. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA