Child Dies From Serious Wounds She Suffered Thursday

02 Jun

12:32 PM

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed, Friday, that the Palestinian teenage girl, who was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire, on Thursday, has died from her wounds at an Israeli hospital.

The Ministry said the child, Nawf Eqab Enfei’at, 16, was from Ya’bad town, southwest of Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The statement came after the Israeli Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera, where she was receiving treatment, announced that she succumbed to her wounds.

Nawf was shot, and seriously injured, at a military roadblock near Mavo Dotan illegal Israeli colony, built on Palestinian lands, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, reportedly after she stabbed a soldier.

Her father said the family was shocked to hear about her death, especially since her lawyer told them that the Israeli military prosecutor’s office has scheduled a court hearing for her, for this coming Sunday.

He added that the Israeli army did not contact the family, even to inform them about a date to transfer her corpse back to them.

The family was not allowed to visit with her after her injury, and only knew she suffered seriouswounds.