Israeli Questioned On Missing Shepherd Boy

Child Was Scrounging For Cucumbers Near Jewish Settlement

Teenage Boy Missing

Body of 15 year old Palestinian boy found mutilated in Israeli settlement of Al-Hamra.

The Child Goes Missing

Hammad had left the house at 9am on Tuesday, 15th April to work on the family’s land, located near the stolen agricultural lands of the settlement. As the second eldest son, he was picking cucumbers for the family rather than going to school, to help with the income of his struggling family. At evening he failed to return home, and so his father and other family members immediately went searching for him. They found nothing.

A Gruesome Discovery

They   found his body, he was naked, bloated, and tortured. His neck was broken, and his face had been smashed in with rocks. One finger had been cut off and there were multiple holes in his torso, seemingly made by a sharp, round implement - something like a pen, his family explained. An Israeli police officer who arrived on the scene to investigate the incident confirmed that Hammad had been murdered, but made no comment as to by whom. Hammad’s body was immediately taken to the coroner in Jerusalem, but the report on the exact cause of his death will not be available for another week.

Smirking Settlers Watch As The Body Is Recovered

The family are convinced that Hammad was killed by settlers from the Al-Hamra settlement.

Arabs Are Constantly Attacked

The 11500 residents of the village of Beit Furiq, located near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, have regular problems with the illegal settlements near their village.

The Jewish Settlers Hunt In Packs

A 78 year old man, Mohammad Abu Oday, was killed when settlers from Itamar settlement destroyed his head with large rocks. Another young man was also shot dead by settlers, and five others have been injured whilst attempting to pick their olives.

It Was Only A Year Ago

This child was found dead, and his arm was cut off because he threw a rock at a settler

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