Ramallah, 03-03-08: Mahmoud Al Masalmah, 14, was shot in the heart Sunday in Beit Awoua village, near Hebron. Muhammad Shreitih, 19, was shot in the head today in Al-Mazra’a Al-Qibliya village, near Ramallah. Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi MP, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative declared: “these two young boys were participating in non-violent demonstrations to protest the Israeli killings in Gaza. And Israeli soldiers killed them! This is murder.”
Dr. Barghouthi explained that the Israeli military used high velocity bullets against non-violent demonstrators in several occasion yesterday and today, killing two and injuring dozens. The demonstrations were non-violent Palestinian reactions to the extremely violent Israeli military attacks on Gaza which killed more than 110 and injured more than 300.
Dr. Barghouthi added “Saturday’s Israeli attack on Gaza was the bloodiest since 2000, and these recent murders in the West Bank are signs that the Israeli policy of escalation is aimed against all the Palestinians.”