FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
On August 27, 2006, Hakim Ersan, a 12 year old
boy from the village of Beit Fourik near
Nablus, was shot by an Israeli colonist from the Aitmar settlement
near his home. Hakim was playing with two friends, ages 8-9, when the
boys spotted 3 Israeli colonists approaching them. The boys began to run
away, and Hakim tripped and fell; when he stood up, the colonist man,
aged approximately 40, shot him through his lower back.