Palestinian child shot by Israeli army in Jenin dies from wounds | Israel-Palestine conflict News
A human rights group says Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed 25 Palestinians under the age of 18 since the start of the year.
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank (CNN) – A Palestinian child has endured his injuries for nearly two weeks after being shot by Israeli troops near the occupied West Bank town of Jenin.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the child as 12-year-old Mahmoud Khalil Samoudi from the village of Yamoun in Jenin, noting that he had been shot in the stomach.
The Israeli military did not comment on the killing.
Based on The official news agency of the Palestinian Authority Wafa, Samoudi was shot on September 28.
That day, a large Israeli military group raided Jenin and kill four Palestinian men. At least 40 others were wounded in armed clashes with Palestinian militants, as well as widespread confrontations with young people.
Israeli forces have been conducting near-daily raids since last year, with particular focus on the cities of Jenin and Nablus in the northern West Bank, where there is armed Palestinian resistance. become more organized.
Army attacks increased in March and April following a series of Palestinian attacks in Israel that left 20 people dead.
More than 160 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli troops in the West Bank and besieged the Gaza Strip since the start of the year, with a third of them in Jenin.
In May 2022, Israeli forces shot dead veteran Al Jazeera TV reporter Shireen Abu Akleh, 51 years old, while she was making a military raid on Jenin. Ali al-Samoudi, a producer of Al Jazeera, was also shot in the back and he has since recovered.
On Saturday, two Palestinian teenagers were killed during an Israeli military operation in Jenin. They were identified as Ahmad Daraghmeh, 16, and Mahmoud as-Sous, 18. The day before, Israeli forces was killed a 14-year-old Palestinian in the city of Qalqilya and a 17-year-old in the village of Mazraa al-Gharbiya near Ramallah.
According to the chapter on Defense for Palestinian Children, Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed 25 Palestinians under the age of 18 since the start of the year.
Late Saturday, an Israeli female soldier was killed in drive by gun shooting at the Shufat refugee camp checkpoint in occupied East Jerusalem.
Israeli forces surrounded the camp, blocking its entrance. The camp is surrounded on all sides by The wall separating Israel and military checkpoints.
