Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Amjad al-Fayyed, 17, was killed after an Israeli raid within the occupied West Financial institution metropolis of Jenin.

Israeli troops shot and killed a teenage Palestinian boy as they raided the northern metropolis of Jenin within the occupied West Financial institution, the Palestinian well being ministry and native media stated.

The well being ministry recognized the useless teen as Amjad al-Fayyed, 17. It stated an 18-year-old Palestinian was in a vital situation after being wounded by Israeli gunfire.

“A 17-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old was critically wounded by the Israeli occupation’s bullets throughout its aggression on Jenin,” the ministry stated in an announcement.

Native media reported confrontations erupted outdoors Jenin’s refugee camp when Israeli forces stormed the world, and al-Fayyed was hit by a few dozen rounds fired into the higher a part of his physique.

The Israeli army stated Palestinian suspects fired on its troopers and threw fireplace bombs at them. “The troopers responded with stay fireplace towards the suspects. Hits have been recognized,” the army stated.

It was not instantly clear whether or not the teenager killed was a kind of suspects.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group described {the teenager} as one in every of its members and stated he had taken half within the preventing in opposition to the Israeli troopers. Pictures circulated on social media confirmed him holding a rifle.

A hub of armed Palestinian teams, the Jenin space has been repeatedly raided by Israeli forces since a wave of assaults in late March, with most of the perpetrators coming from there. Operations to trace down suspects and clashes with Palestinians have usually turned lethal for each side.

‘Thorough and clear’ investigation

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh condemned the killing.

“We warn in opposition to the implications of the occupation’s continued crimes in opposition to our folks. We urge the worldwide neighborhood to sentence them and maintain the perpetrators accountable,” Shtayyeh stated in an announcement.

Instantly after the announcement of al-Fayyed’s killing, a march started in entrance of Ibn Sina Hospital within the metropolis, during which mourners carried his physique on their shoulders and roamed the streets.

The variety of Palestinians killed in Jenin for the reason that starting of 2022 has reached 20.

Israel says it carries out “counterterrorism actions” to detain needed fighters and planners of latest lethal assaults within the occupied West Financial institution and Israel.

On Could 11, Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera Media Community was killed by Israeli forces whereas masking an Israeli raid in Jenin. Israel accused Palestinian fighters of firing on the journalist however backtracked later.

On Thursday, the Israeli army introduced it is not going to conduct an investigation, saying a probe that treats Israeli troopers as suspects will result in opposition inside Israeli society.

The US State Division renewed requires a “thorough and clear” investigation, however stopped wanting calling for an unbiased probe.