On Saturday, Palestinian medical sources have confirmed the death of a Palestinian man who succumbed to serious wounds he suffered when an Israeli soldier shot him two months ago near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.
The sources said Israeli soldiers shot and critically injured the Palestinian, Ahmad Ibrahim Nassasra, 21, two months earlier when the army invaded Beit Furik, east of Nablus.
They added that the Palestinian was at the Intensive Care Unit of the “Specialized Arab Hospital” in Nablus when he succumbed to his serious wounds.
On Friday Israeli forces fatally shot a Palestinian child in the village of Salem, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.
Media sources said that occupation forces critically injured a child after shooting him in the chest with live ammunition during a military incursion into Salem village, on Friday afternoon.
Sources added that the child, Abdul Khaliq Musab Jabour, 16, was rushed to hospital for his critical injuries where doctors attempted live-saving cardiopulmonary resuscitation which was unsuccessful; later pronouncing him dead.
On Wednesday, Israeli forces killed the Palestinian child, Mahmoud Mithqal Ali Abu Al-Haija (12 years old), on Wednesday in the town of Al-Yamoun. west of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces have killed 131 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 24 children and 5 women, according to the Shireen Observatory.
Israeli Occupation forces and paramilitary colonizers have killed 55 Palestinians in Jenin, 20 in Tubas, 20 in Nablus, 14 in Tulkarem, 5 in Hebron, 5 in Bethlehem, 4 in Ramallah, 3 in Qalqilia, 2 in Salfit and 3 in Jerusalem.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli solders and paramilitary colonizers have killed 966 Palestinians, including 196 children, 22 women, 16 elders and 1 journalist, in the occupied West Bank.
279 were killed in Jenin governorate, 210 in Tulkarem, 112 in Nablus, 87 in Tubas, 82 in Hebron, 63 in Ramallah and Al-Biereh, 53 in Jerusalem, 36 in Qalqilia, 26 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho and Northern Plains, and 6 in Salfit.
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued their bombardment on Saturday, striking various locations across the devastated coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians. The relentless attacks come amid an ongoing blockade, leaving the population increasingly vulnerable and starved of essential resources.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported that at least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured as Israeli strikes continued across the territory.
Overall, Israeli attacks have claimed the lives of at least 51,305 Palestinians since October 7, 2023. Among the slain Palestinians are about 15,626 children, 9,807 women, 235 journalists, and 23 medics.
Additionally, at least 116,931 Palestinians have been injured, most of them women, children, and the elderly. Officials report that approximately 11,160 Palestinians remain missing under the rubble.
