A Palestinian child died of previous injuries he sustained four weeks ago when Israeli forces attacked olive pickers in the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
Media sources reported that the child, Aysam Jihad Ma’alla, 13, died on Tuesday evening, after spending a number of weeks in a coma.
The sources added that the child was critically injured several weeks ago after he sustained severe inhalation injuries when occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at olive pickers in the “Jabal Qamas” area in Beita town.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces and colonizers have killed 236 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 46 children and 7 women.
Since the beginning of the year, occupation forces and illegal settlers have killed 80 Palestinians in Jenin, 42 in Nablus, 30 in Tubas, 20 in Hebron, 19 in Ramallah, 17 in Tulkarem, 9 in Bethlehem, 9 in Jerusalem, 6 in Qalqilia, 3 in Salfit, and 1 in Jericho, according to the Shireen Observatory.
In the Gaza Strip, the overall death toll since October 7, 2023 has increased to 69,179 including women and children, while at least 170,693 Palestinians have sustained various degrees of injuries as a result of Israel’s military onslaught.
