Israeli Army Kill Palestinian Teen In West Bank

The Israeli army killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid near the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday.

The Palestinian health ministry identified the youth as a 17-year-old and said he was shot in the head in the village of Kufr Dan on the western outskirts of Jenin.

The Israeli army regularly conducts raids, search and arrest operations in Palestinian towns across the occupied West Bank, which have intensified this year with Palestinians arrested on a near-daily basis.

Palestinian youth often respond to Israeli raids by throwing rocks, which Israeli forces regularly respond to with live ammunition, causing deaths and injuries.

Over the last year, Israel’s raids have been focused on the northern occupied West Bank, mainly in Jenin and Nablus, where Palestinian armed resistance is becoming more organised.

Palestinian fighters have carried out shootings on Israeli military checkpoints and have responded to Israeli raids with live fire.

According to the Palestinian health ministry, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the occupied territories since the start of the year now stands at 149, including 98 in the West Bank. More than 30 of those killed were either from Jenin or were killed in the Jenin region.