イスラエル軍との衝突で死亡、１３歳少年の葬儀　パレスチナ

【ラマラＡＦＰ＝時事】パレスチナ自治区ヨルダン川西岸のラマラで5日、イスラエル軍との衝突で死亡した13歳のパレスチナ人少年の葬儀が営まれ、新型コロナウイルス感染対策の外出制限を無視して数百人が参列した。（写真はヨルダン川西岸ラマラ近郊の村で、イスラエル軍に銃撃され死亡したアリ・アイマン・ナスル・アブ・アリヤ君の遺体を運ぶ葬儀参列者ら）
　パレスチナ自治政府保健省は、アリ・アイマン・ナスル・アブ・アリヤ君（１３）が４日、ラマラ北方の村で起きた衝突でイスラエル軍に「腹部を実弾で撃たれて」死亡したと発表した。
　銃撃はユダヤ人入植地の建設への抗議活動の最中に起きた。少年の死はパレスチナ人の激しい非難を引き起こし、国連や欧州連合（ＥＵ）の批判も招いた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/12/07-12:03）

Hundreds of Palestinians attended the funeral Saturday of a teenager killed in clashes with the Israeli army, defying a curfew imposed on the occupied West Bank to stem the coronavirus.
Ali Ayman Nasr Abu Aliya, 13, died on Friday after he was shot with live rounds in the stomach during clashes in the village of Mughayir, north of Ramallah, the Palestinian health ministry said.
The boy, whose death drew Palestinian condemnation and was deplored by the United Nations and the European Union, was hit during a protest against the construction of a Jewish settlement.
A funeral cortege joined by hundreds of mourners took the body from a hospital in Ramallah to Mughayir where Abu Aliya was buried.
His body, draped in the Palestinian flag and a traditional keffiyeh headscarf, was carried shoulder high by mourners, who also waved yellow flags of the Fatah movement of president Mahmud Abbas.
The mourners defied a weekend curfew imposed by Palestinian authorities to stem the rise in coronavirus cases to pay their respects.
The West Bank has recorded 71,703 Covid-19 infections, including 678 deaths, since the first cases emerged earlier this year.
The European Union delegation to the Palestinians on Saturday denounced the shocking killing of Abu Aliya in a tweet.
This shocking incident must be swiftly and fully investigated by the Israeli authorities in order to bring the perpetrators to justice, it said.
How many more Palestinian children will be subject to the excessive use of lethal force by the Israeli security forces?
UN Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov said on Friday he was appalled by the killing and also called on Israel to investigate the death of Abu Aliya calling it an unacceptable incident.
The Israeli army denied live rounds were used during Friday's protest and clashes, but said dozens of protesters had thrown rocks at security forces.
The Palestinian Authority condemned the cold-blooded murder describing it as the latest episode in Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people.
The Palestinian foreign ministry said Friday it will file legal proceedings against Israel at the International Criminal Court over Abu Alya's fatal shooting, the Palestinians' WAFA news agency said.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since 1967. Excluding annexed east Jerusalem, more than 450,000 Israelis live in settlements in the territory, which is home to more than 2.8 million Palestinians.