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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Rafqa Touma

Lawyers for Australian student who lost eye during IDF raid in West Bank doubt Israel will investigate

Ranem Abu Izneid
University of Melbourne student Raneem Abu Izneid lost the sight in her right eye from shrapnel after a bullet was fired at her apartment in the West Bank in November 2024. Photograph: Christopher Hopkins/The Guardian

Lawyers for an Australian dentistry student who lost her eye after being struck by shrapnel in the occupied West Bank say they doubt Israel is investigating the matter despite the foreign minister, Penny Wong, demanding a comprehensive probe.

Palestinian-Australian student Ranem Abu-Izneid, 20, was sheltering with her friend on 15 November 2024 at Al-Quds University in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem, when she says a bullet fired by Israeli forces penetrated the window. She later lost her right eye.

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