Israeli forces shot a Palestinian child on Thursday, after invading the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank. The army also abducted three children in the Ain Al-Sultan refugee camp, north of Jericho in the northeastern part of the West Bank, and two young men in Jerusalem.
On Thursday afternoon, Israeli soldiers shot a Palestinian teen and denied him medical treatment after invading the town of Beita, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
According to Eid Ahmad, the director of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance and emergency center in Nablus, occupation soldiers shot a 16-year-old boy in Beita town, and blocked ambulance crews from approaching him to provide medical treatment.
WAFA correspondent reported that after storming Beita town, Israeli forces opened fire with live rounds and tear gas canisters towards Palestinian civilians, shooting the child in the back with live ammunition.
He added that the local paramedics contacted the International Committee of the Red Cross to coordinate the recovery of the young man from Israeli forces who continued to withhold the wounded child.
Meanwhile, five Palestinians, including three children were abducted by occupation forces in the Jericho and Jerusalem governorates of the West Bank.
Eid Brahmah, the director of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, told the WAFA News Agency that Israeli soldiers invaded and ransacked the home of current detainee Naif Abu Dahouk, and abducted his three sons, Ayoub, 14, Mohammad, 15, and Luay, 16, in the Ain al-Sultan refugee camp, north of Jericho in the northeastern part of the West Bank.
In the evening, Israeli police abducted two young men who work as guards for the Al-Aqsa Mosque, after invading their homes in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
The Islamic Waqf Department in Jerusalem reported that occupation police abducted the young men Ahmed Abu Aliya and Khalil Al-Tarhouni from their homes.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) reported that as of February 2026, more that 9,300 Palestinians continue to be imprisoned in Israeli occupation jails, including 54 women and 352 children (2 of whom are girls).
The PPS added that 3,358 of those in occupation prisons are being held under Administrative Detention without charges or the right to a trial.
