HEBRON, October 16, 2025 (WAFA) – An 11-year-old Palestinian child, Mohammad Bahjat Al-Hallaq, was pronounced dead on Thursday evening after succumbing to wounds sustained earlier in the day when Israeli occupation forces opened fire in the village of Al-Rihiya, south of Hebron.
WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli soldiers fired live bullets toward a group of children who were playing football in the yard of Al-Rihiya Girls Secondary School. The child was struck by a bullet that penetrated his pelvis and was transferred to a nearby hospital in critical condition before he was later pronounced dead.
Al-Hallaq was a fourth-grade student.
Rights organizations have repeatedly condemned Israel’s use of live ammunition against civilians, particularly minors, describing such incidents as clear violations of international humanitarian law and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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