Palestinian boy killed by Israeli army fire in Nablus, occupied West Bank

Video shows Israel killing Palestinian boy

Video captures the moment Israeli occupation forces kill 11-year-old Palestinian Abdullah Hawash in Nablus. As Israel bombs Gaza and Lebanon, it has continued to escalate raids and attacks across the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/ae5FC8jLwF

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A Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli army gunfire on Tuesday evening during a raid in the city of Nablus, northern West Bank, Anadolu Agency reports.

Abdullah Jamal Hawash, 11, succumbed to critical injuries sustained from the Israeli army’s gunfire, a Palestinian Health Ministry statement said.

Witnesses told Anadolu that an Israeli Special Force, disguised in civilian clothing, invaded the Old City of Nablus.

“The Special Force entered the Old City and arrested a young man, after which the Occupation army sent military reinforcements to support the special unit,” the witnesses added.

The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported that special units raided the Qaryoun neighbourhood in Nablus Old City and fired tear gas.

Over the past few years, the Israeli military has conducted regular raids in the West Bank, which have escalated with the beginning of the war on Gaza on 7 October, 2023. Palestinians have also been violently attacked by illegal Israeli settlers.

At least 760 Palestinians have since been killed and over 6,250 others injured by Israeli army fire in the Occupied Territory, according to the Ministry of Health.

The escalation follows a landmark opinion last July by the International Court of Justice that declared Israel’s decades-long occupation of Palestinian land illegal and demanded the evacuation of all existing settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

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