Israeli forces storm al-Ein refugee camp in Nablus
The Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces are raiding the al-Ein refugee camp, west of the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. The operation comes as Israeli forces continue their raids on refugee camps in the governorates of Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.
Earlier, at least five people were killed in an Israeli attack on the Far’a refugee camp in Tubas. Wafa reported that Israeli forces also shot another Palestinian in Far’a and prevented medics from reaching him.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in Tubas, drag body using bulldozer
The Wafa news agency is reporting that Israeli forces shot and killed the 16-year-old Palestinian boy in Far’a refugee camp in the Tubas governorate in the occupied West Bank.
Soldiers “fired several bullets at the child, abused him and prevented ambulance crews from reaching him”, the agency reported. “Then they dragged him out of the camp using a military bulldozer,” Wafa reports.
The agency identified the victim as Majed Fida Abu Zeina. The killing came as Israeli forces also bombed a vehicle in the city of Tubas, killing five other young Palestinian men early this morning.
Death toll from Israel’s West Bank raids rises to 40
The Wafa news agency is reporting that the vast majority of those killed since Israel launched its militarised operations on August 28 were in the northern governorates of Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.
Here’s the breakdown:
- 21 in Jenin
- eight in Tulkarem
- eight in Tubas
- three in southern Hebron
As we’ve been reporting, the latest deaths occurred in Tubas, where five young Palestinian men were killed in a strike on their car, and a 16-year-old child was shot dead in the Far’a refugee camp.
Israeli forces increasingly targeting children in occupied West Bank
In its latest assault on the West Bank, Israeli forces have killed at least 39 Palestinians, including at least six children.
A 16-year-old child was shot dead in the Far’a refugee camp and his body was dragged out of the camp with a bulldozer, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. He is the latest young Palestinian to be killed by the Israeli army as it conducts one of its largest operations in the territory in years.
A Palestinian teenager was shot in the neck by an Israeli sniper on Tuesday as he was going to a mosque with his father in the Tulkarem refugee camp on Tuesday.
A 16-year-old girl was also killed in an Israeli raid earlier this week.
Israeli forces have destroyed refugee camps and civilian infrastructure, besieged and attacked hospitals and carried out countless air strikes. Since October, at least 646 Palestinians, including 148 children, have been killed by Israeli soldiers and settlers in the occupied territory, according to Palestinian health officials.
