Palestinian officials report a 16-year-old was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank, marking the latest violence in the occupied territory.
RAMALLAH: Palestinian health officials said a teenager was killed by Israeli fire in a West Bank village on Wednesday, the latest in a series of violent incidents shaking the Israeli-occupied territory.
The health ministry in Ramallah identified the victim as 16-year-old Yusef Ali Kaabnah, saying he was “killed by occupation bullets” near the town of Jiljilya, north of Ramallah.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said he had been shot in the chest during a raid by Israeli settlers who were accompanied by Israeli troops.
Four others were injured in the incident, it added.
The Israeli military told AFP it was looking into the incident.
Violence has increased in the West Bank since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023.
According to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry figures, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 1,071 Palestinians — many of them militants, but also scores of civilians — in the West Bank since the war began.
Official Israeli figures show at least 46 Israelis, including soldiers and civilians, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations in the same period.
