Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian child, on Tuesday afternoon, and abducted a young man, after special forces infiltrated the Old City of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that 11-year-old Abdullah Jamal Hawash, succumbed to a critical gunshot to the chest, inflicted on him by occupation soldiers during the military incursion.
Media sources said that Israeli special forces infiltrated the Old City of Nablus, followed by military reinforcements, while soldiers fired smoke bombs in the “Al-Qaryoun” neighborhood, sparking protests from local Palestinians.
Armed Palestinian resistance fighters opened fire at the armored military vehicles during the incursion, while soldiers opened fire with live ammunition at citizens, shooting and critically injuring the child.
Sources added that the child was injured during the army’s withdrawal from the Old City, where soldiers also abducted the young man, Nasser Nashat Anati.
Since the beginning of the Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 760 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 166 children, and injured 6,250.
The distribution of those killed in the West Bank is as follows; 201 in Jenin, 173 in Tulkarem, 81 in Nablus, 75 in Hebron, 59 in Ramallah, 59 in Tubas, 47 in Jerusalem, 29 in Qalqilia, 20 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho, 12 inside Israel, and 4 in Salfit.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 42,718 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of whom are women and children, and injured 100,282 citizens, while the bodies of thousands of citizens remained buried under the rubble of the devastated coastal enclave.
In related news, Israeli forces abducted a father and his son after storming and searching their home in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus.
Media sources said that occupation soldiers abducted the citizen, Noman Abdul Hamid Hassan and his son, Baraa, after breaking into their home in Qusra village on Tuesday morning.
