Palestinian teenager dies of headshot inflicted by Israeli forces during West Bank raid
A Palestinian teenager has died of a serious injury he had sustained in the head during a raid by Israeli forces in the city of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Sixteen-year-old Muntaser Mohammad al-Shawwa succumbed to his injury at Rafidiya Hospital in Nablus on Monday, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported, citing medical sources.
He was taken to the hospital in critical condition about two weeks ago after a live bullet fired by the Israeli troops during the raid "penetrated his head from behind his ear and exited through the mouth," the report said.
"He was brought to the hospital without a heartbeat, but was revived and kept in intensive care until he was pronounced dead tonight," it added.
The agency specified the site of the raid as Joseph's Tomb, east of Nablus. Israeli forces regularly escort the regime's settlers on illegal tours of the site, which some settlers believe to be the burial place of Prophet Joseph.
The teenager's death took to 49 the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of this year.
Israeli occupation forces and settlers have been noticeably escalating their attacks against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and other areas in an attempt to forcibly expel Palestinians from their lands and make way for expansion of Jewish settlements.
The violence waged by the Israeli forces across the West Bank claimed the lives of more than 170 Palestinians last year, making 2022 the deadliest year for the Palestinians, who are based in the occupied territory, in nearly two decades.
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