It is tragic a child has been killed, as also the child killed in the Hamas / fatah in-fighting.Where were all the statements of cindemnation against the Palestinian killers.
As usual the silence is deafening.It is true more muslims have been killed by other muslims eg Iran/iraq war-shia/sunni etc

roy, london, uk

The army only uses rubber bullets in the Palestinian villages!!! When were you last there? As for IDF reports, remember Tom Hundale - the IDF said he was in camourflage gear holding a grenade. Years later the truth comes out - he was wearing a high visibility jacket and cradling a child.

sharon kingsley, london,

1) OK. You throw me the stone. Then I shot a gun in your chest. Fair, right? After that, as there is not video evidence, I will deny everything.

2) The boy lives there. Is it's town, not the IDF soldiers one. Can you even imagine a foreign army building a wall in YOUR town?

Josu, Spain,

Sorry, recognize Israel's right to exist??
What happened to Palestine's right to exist, why is Israel always illustrated superior to Palestine, simply because it is backed by the US?
Israel should never be allowed to be recognised as a state full stop..

Miriam Ali, Birmingham, UK

That is not a "sling-shot" but rather a sling, a weapon for hunting and war, the youth in that picture is using. Most people are familiar with the story of David and Goliath, he used a sling just like the one the young man in the picture is using. That is lethal force being applied by the protesters

Scott, Washington,

Firstly it is very sad but I have to say the following

1) 'Harmless rock throwing' ..that is very ignorant,if you think it is harmless come and let me throw a massive rock at your head.

2) What type person allows a 9 year old child to engage in conflict with armed soldiers ?

harold, London, UK

C. Byrne: show me the source for your allegation that more Muslims have been killed by fellow Muslims than by any other state/race/force. Your ignorance and lack of understanding of the actual problem here truly appalls me.

Helen, London,

Steve S, I don't think I'd be too hurt if a 9 year old child threw a stone at me. Also, I think that using live amunition is a dis-proportionate responce to stone-throwers. Also, has it been confirmed that this poor child was throwing stones?

Cormac, Dublin, Ireland

The israelis kill a 10 year old child, and all its supporters can do is condemn and blame the palestinians.

Israel has created its own problems, can it remain under the shield of america forever, instead of seeking peace it has created hatred in the hearts of hundreads of millions

Waheed, Birmingham,

What bias! You unequivocally state that it was the Israel army which fired the bullet when statements by the army say they don't know what happened and are investigating it. At least say so in the article - even if you never believe the army and take what Palestinians say as the gospel truth.

me, Jerusalem, Israel

The Israelis don't need to kill children or adults, the Muslims do that pretty well themselves. Over the last sixty years, more Muslims have been killed by fellow Muslims than by the combined might of the USA, the USSR, the State of Israel, India and I guess all of the other non-Islamic countries.

C Byrne, Pinner, UK

A few months ago an Israeli tank entered the Gaza strip fired off a shell totally indiscriminately that wiped out a family of 3 children and their mother.

Peter, Vancouver BC., Canada

To Stephen Harrison:

Maybe if you were thrown out of your own home which you paid and worked for and had been passed down through generations in your family, you might just be a bit resentful to those who carried that out with the backing of the most powerful country in the world.???

C. Kroustis, London, UK

Someone who sends his children to a violent demonstration against armed forces would send it as a suicide bomber a few years later - thus one less suicide bomber.

To those that think that stones are harmless: imagine that you are there and one stone is a grenade. How do you spot it?

Franz, Frankfurt, Germany

A country that has protests, rockets, and suicide bombers all bent on its destruction should be commended that incidents like this dont happen more often. While the murder is terrible and inexcusable- it is the first child mortality at a protest in 3 years... Meanwhile Iran hangs 29 of its own

Nate, Providence,

For those who say someone throwing a rock is not using a potential deadly weapon, please go stand in front of one. This is a method of execution still practiced in many Islamic countries. And despite the headline, no fact of live IDF fire has been proven. Muhammed al-Dura & the big lie lives on.

Steve S, L.A., USA

How about Israel renounces violence, withdraws to it's internationally recognized borders and ceases the illegal occupation of Palestinian land, withdraws its troops and destroys the security fence which annexes Palestinian land and then maybe they'll have some moral authority criticizing others.

Stephen Burgoyne Coulson, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Oh dear

seems like the highly trained Israeli army can not tell the difference between a fighter with a AK47 and a nine year old with a rock.

A case of mistaken identity? I thnik not.

Engin, London,

I visited the west bank 8 weeks ago, and the wall is an obscenity, passing through graveyards, grounds of beautiful mosques, imposing into towns. To live near it is to live in a prison. The Israelis are failing to meet the conditions for peace, acting simply on greed for land. Peace needs justice.

Wayne McLachlan, Christchurch, NZ

Really, Israel must denounce violence , nuclear weapons,tear down the illegal wall then we may get some peace in the area. How many children throwing stones have to die before Israel supported financially by usa stops the slaughter..that is the real sad fact...

Donaldinho, Boulder, United States

This is undoubtedly a dreadful story. But both sides of this regrettable event are not being told here. Who sends a 9-year-old child to violent demonstrations against soldiers? Certainly Israeli troops don’t purposefully target children, and the area commander has ordered an immediate investigation.

Benjamin Ami, Tel Aviv, Israel

Another day, another child murdered, and for what? Because two bratty societies refuse to get along? And several other bratty/bully societies (we know who we are, don't we?) keep allowing them to spit on each other.

Brian, Anywhere,

It is actually untrue that the child was conclusively shot dead by the IDF. The body has not been released for investigation to the IDF to check. Also, the IDF only uses rubber bullets in the village - Na'alin - so it looks most likely to have been crossfire from "Palestinian's"!

Jonathan Sklan-Willis, Manchester, England

Ah, what a revelation in a last paragraph:
40 years of occupation, 400000 settlers, countless settlements, thousand children killed in indifference and cold blood (see www.rememberthesechildren.com) - all this would miraculously vanish, in an instance, but for army officers who just want help Abbas.

Eva Smagacz, Brighton, UK

Denounce violence, recognise Israe's right to exist, and adhere to previous peace accords, and maybe just maybe Palestinians will suffer no more because - the sad fact that it is - Hamas hates the Jews more than it loves its Palestinianian children. Period.

Stephen Harrison, london, uk