Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child on Saturday night, after invading the town of Silat al-Harithiya, northwest of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced the death of the child, Mohammad Iyad Mohammad Abahra (16 years old) after he was shot by Israeli forces in the town of Silat al-Harithiya.
The Ministry added that the General Authority for Civil Affairs reported that after killing Abahra, occupation forces confiscated his body.
Media sources said that Israeli forces invaded Silat al-Harithiya on Saturday evening, stormed several citizens’ homes, sparking protests among local Palestinians.
The sources added that sharpshooters were positioned on the rooftops of homes, while soldiers fire live ammunition and concussion grenades, killing the teen.
For its part, the Israeli army claimed that the slain Abahra threw an explosive device at soldiers, who opened fire at him with live ammunition, resulting in his death.
In a statement, the occupation army claimed that “during an operation by a paratrooper reconnaissance unit in Silat al-Harithiya, a gunman threw an explosive device at the force. The force returned fire and killed him,” adding that there were no casualties reported among its soldiers.
The Jenin Battalion of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad resistance group, announced that its fighters targeted a Namer armored personnel carrier with an explosive device, adding that its resistance fighters confronted the invading army in several areas of Silat al-Harithiya town.
Since the beginning of the Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, occupation forces have killed 1095 Palestinian citizens in the West Bank, including 226 children and 24 women.
In the Jenin governorate, 308 Palestinians have been killed, while 213 were killed in Tulkarem, 138 in Nablus, 104 in Hebron, 98 in Tubas, 81 in Ramallah, 60 in Jerusalem, 42 in Qalqilia, 31 in Bethlehem, 13 in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, and 7 in Salfit, according to the Shireen Observatory.
In the Gaza Strip, the overall death toll since October 7, 2023 has increased to 70,654 including women and children, while at least 171,095 Palestinians have sustained various degrees of injuries as a result of Israel’s military onslaught.
