According to the Palestinian health ministry and official media on Thursday, an Israeli soldier killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid overnight in the occupied West Bank.
The shooting took place in the northern West Bank town of Qalqilya, which has experienced an increase in violence since early last year.
“The occupation forces had stormed the Naqar neighbourhood in the west of Qalqilya, which led to clashes,” the official Wafa news agency reported.
“The occupation forces fired live and rubber bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at residents and their homes.”
The Israeli army promised to provide a statement “as soon as possible”. The 14-year-old victim was named as Fares Abu Samrah by the Palestinian health ministry, who also reported that he suffered head wounds before passing away.
A Palestinian was murdered on Wednesday in Nablus, the largest city in the northern West Bank, following what the army termed as “counter-terrorism activity” there.
near a gunfight near Nablus on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian militants.
Since the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel has held the West Bank under occupation.
Since the beginning of last year, the region has witnessed a number of Palestinian attacks on Israeli targets as well as settler violence against Palestinian populations.
According to an AFP count collated from official sources on both sides, violence associated with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has so far this year killed at least 203 Palestinians, 27 Israelis, one Ukrainian, and one Italian.
On the Palestinian side, they include both citizens and combatants, whereas on the Israeli side, three Arab minorities are represented.
With the exception of east Jerusalem, which Israel has annexed, the West Bank is home to over three million Palestinians and about 490,000 Israelis who reside in settlements that are deemed illegal by international law.
