Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child on Friday afternoon after illegal colonizers invaded the village of Qaryout, southeast of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
Media sources said that occupation forces shot the girl, Bana Amjad Bakr, 13, in the chest with live ammunition during a settler invasion and attack on the village.
Sources added that the seriously injured child was rushed to the Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus where she was pronounced dead as a result of her wounds.
According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), its ambulance crews transported the child to hospital after she sustained a serious gunshot wound to the chest.
It is important to mention that the slain young girl’s father stated that Bana was shot by Israeli soldiers while she was in her home with her sisters.
Occupation forces opened live fire at Palestinian citizens who confronted a group of illegal Israeli colonizers who stormed the village and attacked citizens’ homes with rocks.
Earlier the PRCS said that its ambulance crews transported two injured young men to hospital, one of whom was shot in the hand with live ammunition, and another who sustained various bruises as a result of an assault by the invading settlers.
Sources added that during the invasion, the illegal colonizers set fire to agricultural lands in the village.
According to the Shireen Observatory, Israeli forces have now killed 692 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including 159 children, since the beginning of the military onslaught against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023.
In the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military has killed 40,850 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children, and injured 94,224 since the beginning of its military onslaught on October 7, 2023, while thousands remain under the rubble.
In related news, an American activist of Turkish origin was executed, on Friday, when Israeli forces shot her in the head with live ammunition, during a peaceful anti-settlement march in Beita town, south of Nablus.
According to the Turkish Anadolu Agency, the United Nations spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric, called for “full investigation” and accountability for the killing of the young Turkish/American woman.
In response to Anadolu’s question on whether UN denounces the killing of the activist, the UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric at a news conference said: “I can tell you that we would want to see a full investigation of the circumstances and that people should be held accountable,” adding, “Again, civilians must be must be protected at all times.”
❝I was in Beita today when she was shot during clashes after a protest against the Evyatar settlement❞
❝It's important for me to say that this isn't an isolated incident. It is part of the repression of the Palestinian popular struggle❞
🎙️ Israeli Activist Jonathan Pollack… pic.twitter.com/cKyyB7qygm
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) September 6, 2024
❝Eyewitnesses report that international solidarity activists were about 200 meters away from the clashes and the Israeli soldiers, yet Israeli snipers deliberately targeted them❞
🎙️ Anadolu's correspondent reports from Rafidia Hospital in the occupied West Bank, where the body… pic.twitter.com/VlsQGCGoCb
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) September 6, 2024
❝We tried to revive her, but unfortunately, she was pronounced dead❞
❝There are orders to kill to appease the illegal settlers, and an American citizen participating in peaceful protests fell victim❞
❝There is a genocidal war in Gaza and a war in the West Bank that… pic.twitter.com/GC50K0KWTr
— Anadolu English (@anadoluagency) September 6, 2024
