Israeli forces executed a Palestinian teen, on Monday, after shooting him with three live rounds, during a military incursion into the northern West Bank city of Nablus.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that Nour Ahmad Mustafa Arafat, 18, succumbed to critical gunshot wounds, inflicted on him by occupation forces in Nablus city.
The Ministry added that Israeli soldiers shot the teen in the chest, abdomen, and shoulder with live ammunition; he was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead from his critical wounds.
Media sources said that occupation forces invaded the popular housing area in the eastern part of Nablus, sparking protests, while the army responded by firing many live rounds, shooting the youth with three live rounds.
The Ministry of Education mourned the death of the young Arafat, who attended the Al-Masakin Al-Sha’biya School, in the Nablus Education Directorate.
Since the beginning of the Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 785 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 167 children, and injured 6,300.
The distribution of those killed in the West Bank is as follows; 208 in Jenin, 182 in Tulkarem, 84 in Nablus, 76 in Hebron, 59 in Ramallah, 62 in Tubas, 48 in Jerusalem, 30 in Qalqilia, 20 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho, 12 inside historic Palestine, and 4 in Salfit.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 43,922 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of whom are women and children, and injured 103,898 citizens, while the bodies of thousands of citizens remained buried under the rubble of the devastated coastal enclave.
