You are here

Israel forces kill Palestinian teen during arrest raid

By AFP - Feb 14,2023 - Last updated at Feb 14,2023

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said.

The Palestinian health ministry said Mahmud Majid Mohammed Al Aidi, 17, died from "critical wounds he sustained by live occupation bullets to the head" at Al Fara refugee camp north of Nablus.

Camp official Assem Mansour told AFP: "The Israeli army entered the camp from various directions after midnight, and surrounded the house of a wanted person."

The ministry separately announced the death of Haroun Rasmi Yussuf Abu Aram, 25, from injuries sustained "two years ago from live bullets of the occupation in Masafer Yatta," an area of the West Bank where many Palestinians have been evicted from their homes by the army, who have declared it a military zone.

On Monday, Asil Sawaed, a 22-year-old Israeli policeman from a Bedouin town in northern Israel, was killed after being stabbed by an assailant and inadvertently shot by an armed guard who intended to hit the attacker but missed.

Since the start of this year, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has claimed the lives of 48 Palestinian adults and children.

up
12 users have voted.


Newsletter

Get top stories and blog posts emailed to you each day.

PDF