LONDON: Israeli forces killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and demolished two homes of the Houshieh family, displacing about 50 people.
The Ramallah-based Ministry of Health said that during an Israeli military raid in Ya’bad, west of Jenin early on Thursday, Murad Fawzi Abu Seifen was struck by four rounds. Israeli forces prevented ambulance crews from reaching him. He bled to death before Israeli forces retrieved his body, the ministry added.
His death brings the number of Palestinians killed in Jenin since the Israeli offensive began in January to 56, with more than 200 wounded.
On Thursday, Israeli forces demolished the homes of brothers Iyad and Ziad Houshieh in Qatana, a town in occupied East Jerusalem, citing construction without a permit.
Each home, about 150 sq. meters large, housed at least 20 people.
