On Monday evening, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian child who Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured on February 8th after the army invaded Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
The Health Ministry said the child, Montaser Mohammad Thieb Shawwa, 16, was shot in the head and added that the bullet struck him behind his ear and exited through his mouth.
The Ministry also said that the child arrived at Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus without a pulse or heartbeat, was resuscitated before surgery, and remained in intensive care hooked to respiratory machines.
The Health Ministry said the child’s killing brings the death toll to fifty since the beginning of this year. Israeli soldiers killed 45 Palestinians, including twelve children and one woman, in the West Bank, in addition to a detainee who died from medical neglect, while paramilitary colonizers killed four Palestinians.
