'They executed him': Palestinian Americans outraged over killing of teen in West Bank

The Israeli military "executed" a Palestinian-American teenager as he picked green almonds in a village in the occupied West Bank, bereaved family and members of the Palestinian community in New Jersey told reporters on Tuesday.

Amer Mohammed Saada Rabee, 14, who was born in Saddlebrook, New Jersey, and lived between the occupied West Bank and the US, was killed on Sunday when Israeli forces fired at him and two other minors in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya.

Amer, a US citizen, was shot 11 times and died from his injuries, while the two other boys - one of whom is also a US citizen - sustained several bullet wounds but managed to survive.

Both boys - one with minor and the other with severe injuries - were taken to a Ramallah hospital.

At a sombre press conference held at the Palestinian American Community Center (PACC) in Clifton, New Jersey, on Tuesday, organisers said the community had once again fallen victim to "senseless violence" from the Israeli state with the full consent and support of the US government.

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