A B’Tselem spokeswoman said that they intend to refer the case to the Justice Ministry’s unit for the investigation of Police.

The footage, shot by a B’Tselem volunteer near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron’s Old City, shows a Border Police officer ambushing a child from around the corner. As the child walks past, the officer grabs him by the arm and says: “why are you making trouble?” The officer then drags the child, who is screaming, on the ground for a few seconds.

A second Border Police officer then appears and kicks the boy. The officer then lets the child go. He runs away, and the two Border Police officers leave the scene as well.

The incident took place on the 29th of June. The  9 year-old Abd a-Rahman Burqan, lives with his family near the parking lot used by Israeli vehicles outside of the Tomb, according to B’Tselem.

The incident was filmed by a volunteer in B’Tselem’s camera distribution project, from inside his home.

Video cameras are frequently provided to Palestinian citizens by B’Tselem in order to document possible human rights abuses in the occupied territories as part of a programme started in 2007. 150 camcorders have been distributed to “citizen journalists” throughout the West Bank.

The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories was established in 1989 by a group of prominent academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members.

The event follows a new report released on June 28 by Electronic Intifada, funded and supported by the British government, which accused Israel of violating international law with its treatment of Palestinian child detainees in the West Bank, Al Arabiya reports. 

According to the report, Israel is in violation of at least six counts set out by the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child and at least two of the Fourth Geneva Convention.

According to the agency, evidence shows that exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of a baby’s life not only improves their future growth and educational achievement, but also significantly reduces national health costs and helps prevent chronic malnutrition.

As little as five per cent of all mothers breastfeed in Thailand, while around ten per cent do so in Viet Nam. In China, only 28 per cent of babies are breastfed.

“Mothers across the region face increasing demands on their time, often have to return to work early after childbirth, and may have limited opportunities to breastfeed or express their milk in the workplace,” said UNICEF’s Nutrition Advisor for East Asia and the Pacific, France Begin.

“At the same time, baby food companies are targeting the fast-growing economies in East Asia with aggressive marketing campaigns, persuading mothers to give up breastfeeding and purchase their products despite the drawbacks for their children,” she added.

UNICEF  calls on baby food companies to adhere to the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. The Code does not ban the sale of formulas, only the marketing practices that entice mothers to replace their breastmilk with commercial substitutes while it is working wiht businesses in the region to guarantee that women can enjoy the right to adequate maternity leave and nursing breaks. the agency said in a press release.

“When companies adhere to the Code of Marketing it will be easier for mothers to make an informed choice,” noted Ms. Begin. “No formula can substitute the importance of breastmilk for children’s survival, growth and development.