Jonathan Cook: Samir’s friend, Malik Murrar, who witnessed the shooting, said: “How far can an injured child run? They could easily have arrested him. Instead they shot him in the back with live ammunition.” A man reacts after Palestinian Mohammad Mubarak, 19, was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on January 29, 2014. Samir’s story is one of several harrowing accounts of killings of Palestinian civilians told in a report “Trigger-happy”, published Thursday by Amnesty International. The international human rights organisation said the evidence suggests Samir’s death was an extra-judicial execution, which constitutes a war crime under international law. “It’s hard to believe that an unarmed child could be perceived as posing imminent danger to a well-equipped soldier,” said Philip Luther, Amnesty’s director for the Middle East and North Africa. More here.