Human Rights Watch has condemned the killing of 2 Palestinian schoolchildren by Israeli troops, concluding that the young boys 'posed no apparent threat', in a press release earlier this week.
Joe Stork, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said,
“Twice this year, Israeli soldiers hiding near schools, apparently to make arrests, have killed children who posed no apparent threat”.
The HRW press release went on to note that "boys’ families can look forward to a prolonged, opaque, and fruitless process that does not hold perpetrators to account or deliver justice", with Stork adding,
“If the past is any guide, these boys’ families can look forward to a prolonged, opaque, and fruitless process that does not hold perpetrators to account or deliver justice.”
See the full release, with details of the killings, here.