Israeli forces shoot Palestinian child, abduct two young men in West Bank

Israeli forces have shot a Palestinian child and abducted two young men in the occupied West Bank, amid the regime’s genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Local media reports said the Palestinian child was “wounded by a sniper bullet” in the village of al-Jalamah, north of Jenin, on Saturday.

Reports also indicated that the two young men had been taken away in Tulkarem city in the northwestern part of the West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) confirmed the reports. It said its ambulance crews transported the child to a hospital after soldiers had shot him with live ammunition in the leg.

Media sources also said that Israeli soldiers had abducted Faisal Mahmoud Khalifa, 42, from the Iktaba suburb northeast of Tulkarem, and Musab Qawzah, 34, from the Thanaba suburb east of the city.

Three days earlier, Israeli troops fatally shot two young Palestinian men during separate raids in the West Bank.

The official Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing medical sources, reported that 27-year-old Jihad Abu Salim was shot in the chest by Israeli troops after they stormed the Balata refugee camp on the outskirts of the city of Nablus.

The Israeli military also killed a young Palestinian man after firing live rounds at his vehicle in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the victim as 25-year-old Muhammad Brahma.

Two young Palestinians fatally shot by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank

Israeli military forces have killed two young Palestinian men during separate raids in the occupied West Bank.

The development comes against the backdrop of Israel’s 15-month genocide in the Gaza Strip, which has inflicted colossal loss on the blockaded territory.

Catherine Russell, the executive director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), called on Saturday for urgent global action to halt the daily suffering of Gaza’s children, who continue to face bloodshed and a slew of plights amid the ruinous war.

Russell warned that the threat of famine remains severe in northern Gaza, with limited humanitarian aid access.

“The world cannot remain indifferent while such a large number of children suffer daily from bloodshed, hunger, disease, and cold,” Russell added.

At least 811 Palestinians have been killed and over 6,450 others injured by Israeli fire across the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

More than 44,900 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have also lost their lives as a result of the war that began after Gaza-based resistance groups staged a retaliatory operation against the occupied Palestinian territories in response to decades of deadly Israeli occupation and aggression.

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