Fatima Hjeiji: Seventh child killed by Israel in 2017
May 9, 2017
A gifted mathematics student, Hjeij’s family do not believe the Israeli police’s version of what happened.
Newly attached posters on a a building wall in Qarawat Bani Zeid depict Fatima Hjeiji who was shot dead on May 7 [Nigel Wilson/Al Jazeera]
Occupied West Bank, Palestine – At the Hjeiji family home in the occupied West Bank village of Qarawat Bani Zeid, classmates, friends and relatives of Fatima Hjeiji lined up to pay their respects.
One by one, the women and girls hugged Fatima’s mother Dareen and offered sympathetic words.
“She was such a lovely girl. Everybody at school loved her,” said Nadin Imad, 17, who attended the girls’ school in the village with Fatima.
“I was in class with her since the first grade. She had a very strong character and was not afraid to say whatever she wanted.”
The previous afternoon had begun like any other afternoon in the Hjeiji household. Fatima, 16, had returned home from school around 1.30pm and updated her mother on the morning’s events.
