Syrian child killed in the Golan

Originally published May 7, 1999

The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday killed a Syrian child from Masaada village in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights when the child was killed by an Israeli tractor. News reports from the Golan said the child is four years old. The occupation authorities said that the accident took place when the Israeli tractor was moving backward.

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