
Death in Gaza of Obaida Jawabra, age 17
May 19, 2021Al-Jazeera has named and documented over 3000 Palestinian children killed by Israeli armed forces in the past 20 years, at https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2021/palestine-know-their-names/index.html. One of the most recent was Obaida Jawabra, age 17, shot in the heart near his home in the Al-Arroub refugee camp near Hebron, on May 27. He was featured in a 7-minute video by Defense of Children International – Palestine, Obaida, which you can see at https://www.dci-palestine.org/ . One Palestinian face that you come to know; one short life.