Israeli army kills Palestinian child, injures 2 people in occupied West Bank

RAMALLAH, Palestine /ISTANBUL

The Israeli army shot dead a Palestinian child and injured two people, including a minor, in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the Health Ministry said.

A ministry statement said that a 14-year-old boy was killed by Israeli gunfire in the town of Arraba near Jenin in the northern West Bank.

Witnesses said that the boy was shot and held by Israeli forces before he was pronounced dead.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that a 16-year-old boy was shot in the thigh during clashes between Israeli forces and residents in Al-Ain refugee camp, west of Nablus.

The official news agency Wafa also reported a second injury in the camp, where a Palestinian was wounded by army fire in the leg.

Since the start of Israel’s most recent genocidal war on the Gaza Strip in late 2023, nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the occupied territory by Israeli forces and illegal settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.