Posted on 09/29/22
| News Source: JPost
The United States called for an investigation into the death of a seven-year-old Palestinian boy who died of heart failure after running away from IDF soldiers near the West Bank village of Tekoa.
“We support a thorough and immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the child’s death” alongside an Israeli military probe, Deputy State Department Spokesman Vedant Patel said.
“The US is heartbroken to learn of the death of an innocent Palestinian child,” Patel said.
Patel also repeated a plea for calm in the West Bank made by Washington on Wednesday.
The IDF disclaimed any connection to the death of the boy, Rayan Yasser Suleiman, based on an initial investigation but said it was conducting a further probe.