Two videographers recorded Israeli security forces holding down and pummeling a teenager in Shuafat. Relatives say he is a U.S. citizen from Florida and a cousin of Abu Khedair, who was kidnapped and killed on Wednesday.
Tariq Khdeir, 15, is a high school sophomore in Tampa. He was visiting his relatives in Jerusalem for the first time in over a decade when he was attacked outside the home of his cousin on Thursday. The men delivered more than 20 blows to the youth over a period of two minutes. He did not appear to be struggling and police carried away his limp body afterward.
It is the duty of American officials to intervene and secure the release of an American citizen who was so viciously attacked, and ensure that he and his family are appropriately compensated