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Lucky to be alive': 12-year-old shot by Israeli snipers in Jerusalem attack

A 12-year-old boy was shot by Israeli snipers in Jerusalem on June 16, miraculously surviving the attack that also killed a 21-year-old man. The incident occurred in occupied East Jerusalem, where the two victims were found with only a pizza box and bullet hole as evidence left behind.

A 12-year-old boy, Iyas Abu Mufreh, was shot by Israeli snipers on June 16 in Jerusalem's occupied East Jerusalem, leaving him miraculously alive despite suffering a fatal gunshot wound to his back, as two other victims were killed in the attack that also injured several others.

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