10 year-old Ahmad Husam Yousef Mousa was murdered yesterday as he demonstrated, together with his friends against the separation fence which is being constructed on the lands of his village Nilin, taking away the lands and sole source of livelihood of many of its inhabitants. When Ahmad and his friends reached the construction site the soldiers shot rubber bullets at them and they began to retreat. At that point one of the soldiers shot a live round at Ahmad's head from a distance of about 10 metres.

This happened only days after Army Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi had admitted that the route of the so-called "Separation Fence" is defined out of political motives – not for considerations of security, but in order to take away land from Palestinian villagers on behalf of settlement expansion.

Earlier in the day, 18 demonstrators were injured during the demo in which Mousa was shot, During 6 years of popular struggle against the wall, the occupation forces have killed 11 demonstrators, 7 of them children, and thousands were injured. Time and time again, soldiers violently suppress non-violent demonstrations and attack those who take part in them with lethal weapons. To date, none of the soldiers who killed demonstrators has been prosecuted.

Today, Wednesday, members of Gush Shalom will join "Anarchists Against Fences" and other peace and anti-occupation groups, to protest the murder of 10 year old Ahmad, in vigil in front of the home of Defense Minister Barak in Tel Aviv.

Stop the Killing, Stop the Occupation !

We'll meet at 18:30 at El Al terminal,Tel Aviv central train station (Arlozorov) And march to protest at 19:00 pm at the Akirov Towers on Pinkas Street where Barak lives.

Contact adam@gush-shalom.org