UN expert says death of 8-year-old appears to violate law after reviewing evidence gathered by BBC.
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In the early afternoon of 29 November last year, several Palestinian boys descended on to their street in the occupied West Bank, where they often played together.
Minutes later, two of them lay dead from gunshots fired by Israeli soldiers - Basil, 15, and eight-year-old Adam.
As part of an investigation into the conduct of Israel's security forces in the West Bank, which has been under military occupation for more than half a century, the BBC has pieced together what happened on the day the two boys were killed.
Mobile phone and CCTV footage, information about the movements of Israel's military, witness testimony and detailed investigation of the scene, including taking measurements, combine to reveal evidence suggesting serious human rights violations.
The evidence we found has prompted Ben Saul, UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism, to say the death of Adam appears to be a "war crime".
Another legal expert, Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne, described the use of lethal force as “indiscriminate”.
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The IDF said the suspects had been about to hurl explosives towards their forces, putting them in immediate danger. "The troops responded with fire and hits were identified," Israel's military said.
But according to the video evidence we have examined and witness testimony, Adam did not appear to have been armed and had been running away when he was shot in the back of the head.
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6 months is how long it's taken, but here we are.
Hopefully these incidents start becoming more and more prevalent now and leave the Israeli extremist militants nowhere to hide.
They must pay for their 'light them up' policy.
And look at the throwaway garbage excuses they give. These little boys were apparently carrying explosives, except they
obviously weren't. These are the excuses that buy them so much time to try and bury their crimes, while apologists on here consider such incidents 'debunked'.