The child Zakaria Julani loses sight in his left eye
The 13-year old Zakaria Yehya Julani is currently being treated at Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital after he was injured with a rubber bullet in his eye last Tuesday (31/03/2015) when he was heading home after he got off school. Yehya Julani, the child’s father, explained that his son was injured with a rubber bullet in the eye after he left the UNRWA school and was heading home. The child was surprised when the snipers stationed in “Shweiki” building established across from the military crossing in Shu’fat refugee camp randomly fired rubber bullets towards the students when there were no clashes in the area; the child was injured in his left eye. Yehya added: “my son was transferred to a clinic near the crossing was then transferred in an ambulance to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital where he underwent a surgery to stop the bleeding in his left eye. He added that the Israeli police arrived at the hospital to investigate the incident and confirmed that there were no clashes at the refugee camp on that date. Zakaria’s father explained that he checked the surveillance camera in the area which also showed no clashes at the time of his son’s injury. Wadi Hilweh Information Center identified two children that were injured with rubber bullets fired by Israeli snipers stationed in “Shweiki” building in the past two weeks. The first is Zakaria Julani and the second child was an eight-year old who was injured in the head.
