The Israeli authorities usually declare such killings to be in response to unspecified threats, without giving any details about the victims. Tsemel said that instead of investigating Rami’s death, the Israeli authorities appeared to be using the incident as a threat. During one incursion in September, Israeli forces shot and killed another child: 16-year-old Hani Al-Qirri. His family told CNN he was an innocent bystander, a quiet boy who enjoyed baking and lived with his grandmother after being orphaned as a young child. “They (the Israeli authorities) were there, right among us, even inside the mosque, to see what’s going on,” he said.

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Persons: Rami Al, Halhouli, Cindy Al, Rami’s, Ali Al, Rami, Cindy, Ivana Kottasova, haven’t, ” Al, ”, ” Cindy, Leah Tsemel, Tsemel, “, Jonathan Fowler, Yousef Mukheimar, Mukheimar, Shuafat, Hani Al, Qirri Organizations: East Jerusalem CNN, CNN, West Bank, United Nations, UN, Audi, Palestinian Authority, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, Israel Police, Islamic, Lions Locations: East Jerusalem, Israel, Israeli, Jerusalem, Old City