Khaled Arouq was in his pyjamas when he was killed, shot by a sniper before dawn during a recent Israeli raid close to the centre of Ramallah. The 16-year-old, who had joined a group throwing stones at Israeli armoured vehicles, was shot in the chest and pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital.
“My son was killed in cold blood,” said his father, Sulaiman, his voice heavy. “They shot him right next to our house.”
The junction where Arouq was shot is just a few feet from his home on Athens street, in one of Ramallah’s most expensive neighbourhoods. Shiny four-wheel-drive cars sit in sweeping driveways beneath clipped pines and new sleek beige stone buildings housing those close to the commercial and political powers of the West Bank. ….more
