Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian young man, on Thursday night, in the town of Ya’bad, west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.

Media sources said that occupation forces shot and killed the young man, Zain Ali Tawfiq Atatreh, 18, after invading Ya’bad town and opening fire on citizens.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its ambulance crews transported the seriously injured young man to hospital after he sustained a live gunshot wound to the chest.

Since the beginning of the Israeli military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 836 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 172 children, and injured 6,500.

The distribution of those killed in the West Bank is as follows; 224 in Jenin, 196 in Tulkarem, 93 in Nablus, 77 in Hebron, 67 in Tubas, 59 in Ramallah, 50 in occupied Jerusalem, 33 in Qalqilia, 21 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho, 12 inside Israel, and 4 in Salfit.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 45,399 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of whom are women and children, and injured 107,940 citizens, while the bodies of thousands of citizens remain buried under the rubble of the devastated coastal enclave.