RAMALLAH: Israeli forces fatally shot a 15-year-old Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as violence surges in the Israeli-occupied territory.
“The child Amir Ahmad Jawad Jaber, 15 years old, was martyred after being shot in the head and once in the chest by occupation soldiers during their raid in the Umm Al-Sharayit neighborhood in Al-Bireh” near the West Bank city of Ramallah, the ministry said.
The Israeli military said in a statement that during a military operation “a violent riot began, during which rocks were hurled toward IDF soldiers.”
“The soldiers responded with fire toward a suspect in the area. A hit was identified,” it added.
The Palestinian Red Crescent had earlier said its teams were transporting to hospital and trying to resuscitate a 15-year-old who was shot in the head with live ammunition during a raid in the Umm Al-Sharayit area.
