Palestinian well being officers say Israeli forces have shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy within the occupied West Financial institution
ByJULIA FRANKEL Related Press
JERUSALEM — Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy within the occupied West Financial institution Friday, Palestinian well being officers stated, the newest bloodshed in a greater than year-long cycle of violence that has gripped the area.
The boy — whom Palestinian well being officers recognized as Muhammad Fouad Atta al-Bayed — was shot within the head by Israeli forces throughout unrest within the village of Umm Safa, north of Ramallah. The village has been a goal of assaults by Jewish settlers in current weeks.
The Palestinian information company Wafa reported that Israeli forces had fired reside ammunition, tear fuel and stun grenades throughout confrontations with native residents. The Well being Ministry confirmed at the very least one different particular person was shot within the chest.
The Israeli military stated {that a} member of the paramilitary border police unit opened fireplace after masked suspects threw stones and rocks at Israeli forces. It confirmed that an individual was hit by gunfire, however gave no additional particulars.
Earlier within the day, Palestinians and Israelis clashed within the village of Beit Umar, north of Hebron within the southern West Financial institution. The military stated three members of the Israeli forces had been calmly wounded, together with an officer who was struck by shrapnel in an explosion.
It stated that troopers opened fireplace in response to stone-throwing and explosives, hitting one suspect who allegedly had thrown a bomb. There have been no rapid particulars from Palestinian officers.
Earlier this month in Umm Safa, Palestinian well being officers stated a person was fatally shot within the chest by Israeli forces throughout an indication.
The spiral of violence, which exhibits no indicators of abating, is among the worst between Israelis and Palestinians in years. Greater than 150 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fireplace because the begin of 2023 within the West Financial institution and east Jerusalem, based on a tally by The Related Press.
Violence between Israel and the Palestinians within the West Financial institution intensified early final yr when Israel expanded near-nightly raids into Palestinian areas in response to a spate of Palestinian assaults in opposition to Israelis.
Israeli says most of these killed have been militants, however stone-throwing youths protesting military raids and others not concerned within the confrontations have additionally been killed.
Israel captured the West Financial institution within the 1967 Mideast warfare, together with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem. Palestinians search these territories for his or her hoped-for unbiased state.