Today a land mine exploded in Al Borj, between Tayyaseer and Al Maleh, injuring an 11 year-old Palestinian boy, Uhsein E’kab Abu Alaya.
Uhsein was walking in the montaigns on his day off from school, with his friend Yazan Azzahi Abu Alaya, 12, when the land mine exploded. 
Shrapnel from the land mine penetrating Uhsein’s skin and entered into his chest and thigh.

The boys are now in the Naplus hospital, Uhsein is currently under going operation for his injuries and Yazan is being treated for shock.

Al Borj is a military training area, like 38% of the Jordan Valley.

More than 10 children have been killed by land mines in the Jordan Valley since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967.