Qais Abu Samra
21 April 2026•Update: 21 April 2026
Four Palestinians, including two children, were killed in the occupied West Bank since the morning in separate incidents involving Israeli occupiers and Israeli army fire, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Tuesday.
In a brief statement, the ministry said two Palestinians were killed by Israeli occupiers’ gunfire in the town of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, including a child, and that three others were wounded, bringing the total number of those killed since the morning to four.
The ministry identified the two killed in al-Mughayyir as Aws Hamdi al-Naasan, 14, and Jihad Marzouq Abu Naim, 32.
In Jenin in the northern West Bank, the ministry said Raja Fadel Baitawi, 49, died of wounds sustained from Israeli army gunfire during a previous raid on the city.
In Hebron in the southern West Bank, Mohammed Majdi al-Jaabari, 16, was killed after being run over by a vehicle driven by an Israeli occupier, according to the ministry.
Medical sources and witnesses said the driver struck the teenager while he was on a street in the city, killing him at the scene.
Clashes broke out in al-Mughayyir after Israeli occupiers entered the outskirts of the town and opened fire on residents, killing two people and wounding others, according to local sources.
The village had been under an Israeli army siege since Sunday after an attack by Israeli occupiers, which led to confrontations.
Violence by Israeli occupiers and Israeli forces has escalated across the West Bank since October 2023.
According to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, Israeli occupiers carried out 497 attacks against Palestinians and their property in the West Bank in March, killing nine people.
Since October 2023, Israeli attacks in the West Bank have killed at least 1,154 Palestinians, wounded about 11,750, and led to nearly 22,000 arrests, according to official Palestinian data.
*Writing by Mohammad Sio in Istanbul
