The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
January 22, 2024

Israeli Fire Kills 17-Year-Old Palestinian American Teen Tawfiq Ajjaq in Occupied West Bank
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In the occupied West Bank, a 17-year-old Palestinian American named
Tawfiq Ajjaq was fatally shot in the head on Friday. According to the
group Defense for Children International, Ajjaq was killed when an
Israeli settler and soldiers opened fire on him in Ramallah. Tawfiq
Ajjaq grew up in Louisiana, near New Orleans. He moved to the West Bank
last year with his family. Ajjaq is at least the 93rd Palestinian child
killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7. On Saturday, Tawfiq
Ajjaq's father spoke to reporters at his son's funeral.

Hafeth Ajjaq: "But come here on the ground and see what's going on. Come
here and test and see for your own eyes what kind of life we are living
here, what is the pressure they put us under, what is the women and
kids, and how many fathers and mothers have to say goodbye to their
children, how many more. But it will come, inshallah, one day."



.