Besides the seriously wounded 16-year-old, six were hurt as police used sponge-tipped bullets and stun grenades, despite witnesses saying officers weren't under attack
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Jana was evacuated to a hospital, where she was found to have a spinal fracture and possible damage to a kidney. Doctors say she will need lengthy rehabilitation.
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Jana Kiswani, center, talks to her father, Mohammed, today, as she recovers in her family home after being hit by a sponge-tipped bullet last week Credit: Maya Alleruzzo / AP
Following the report in Haaretz on Tuesday, the police commissioner ordered that the police officer who shot Jana will be suspended. Multiple complaints alleging violence against protesters have previously been filed against the officer.
Dozens of cases of excessive police force against Palestinians were reported in the last month, under the command of Chief Supt. Ronen Hazut: 'Everywhere you go, you see him. Anyone with a bit of sense knows where this is going'
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On Tuesday last week four police officers were standing across from the gate that leads to the home of the Kiswani family in the East Jerusalem neighborhood when Mohammed Kiswani and his 16-year-old daughter Jana emerged to see what was happening.
Told to return inside by the police, they had turned and reentered their courtyard when one of the police officers fired his weapon at them without aiming, hitting Jana in the back with a sponge-tipped bullet.
Seconds later, after the gate is closed, the police fired another bullet that hit Mohammed in the leg, and also threw a stun grenade through the bars of the gate. The grenade fell right near the wounded Jana and Mohammed. Jana was evacuated to a hospital, where she was found to have a spinal fracture and possible damage to a kidney. Doctors say she will need lengthy rehabilitation.