A 16-year-old youth was shot and killed on Saturday by Israeli soldiers in the Ramallah-area town of Silwad, according to Palestinian security sources.
The security sources told WAFA news agency that Mohammad Abdallah Hamed has died of wounds sustained from Israeli Army gunfire.
He was first taken away, wounded, by the Israeli troops before he was reported dead.
The army informed the Palestinian liaison office of his death and that his body will be turned over to the Palestinian side later in the afternoon.
The development came hours after more than a hundred Palestinians were injured in clashes with the Israeli Army in the Northern occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces fired live ammunition, rubber bullets, and tear gas at Palestinians staging rallies across the West Bank on Friday, including in the Northern town of Kafr Qaddum, Qalqilya, and the town of Beita, South of Nablus, as part of their daily protests against illegal Israeli settlements, which began in recent weeks.
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According to a report, the youth, Mohammad Abdallah Hamed, 16, died in Israeli custody after being shot near the town of Silwad, Palestinian sources have said.
A 16-year-old Palestinian teenager has died after being shot by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials.
Mohammad Abdallah Hamed was shot and wounded by Israeli gunfire on Friday evening near the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, and was taken away by Israeli forces, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
It said the teen died in Israeli custody, and that the army was expected to release the body later on Saturday.
The Palestinian foreign ministry described his killing as an “execution”.
The mayor of Silwad said residents had “announced a general strike in the village denouncing this crime”.
THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAID SOLDIERS HAD FIRED AT A GROUP OF PALESTINIANS WHO WERE THROWING STONES ALONG A MAIN HIGHWAY. IT CONFIRMED SHOOTING ONE PERSON, BUT GAVE NO FURTHER DETAILS ON THEIR CONDITION OR WHEREABOUTS.
“Soldiers at the scene operated to stop the suspects in accordance with standard operating procedures, using live fire as a last resort,” it said.
More than 60 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces this year, many of them in raids, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli forces on May 11 while she was covering a raid of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
At least 19 people have been killed in Israel in attacks by Palestinian individuals since March.
