Israeli drone attack kills 10th Palestinian child in occupied West Bank in 2025
A 17-year-old was among a group of 10 people killed in a double Israeli drone attack in Tammun town in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday night, a child rights organisation said.
Defence for Children International (DCI) – Palestine said the slain teenager, Jihad Nasser Yousef Bani Matar, was brought to hospital after the deadly, no-warning attack with “shrapnel wounds and burns all over his body”.
There were no Israeli ground forces in the Tammun area at the time of the attack, DCI said, adding that Israel now routinely carries out air attacks “in densely populated areas with no regard for Palestinian children’s lives”.
The killing of the teenager brings the number of Palestinian children killed in the occupied territory so far this year to 10 – six killed in drone attacks and four shot dead by Israeli forces, the organisation said.
“No one has been held responsible for killing these ten children,” it added.
Israeli military claims to have killed two fighters in Jenin shootout
The Israeli military has released a statement on a series of deadly shootouts yesterday between its forces and Palestinian fighters in Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
The military confirmed that one of its soldiers, Staff Sergeant Liam Hazi, was killed and five others were wounded during initial close-quarters fighting with two Palestinian fighters in the city.
A few hours later, Israeli forces surrounded and killed the two Palestinian fighters that killed Hazi, according to the Israeli military.
Israeli soldiers “continue to operate in Jenin as part of a counterterrorism operation”, said the military update.
Israeli army sends reinforcements to occupied West Bank’s Jenin
More Israeli forces are mobilising towards the city and the refugee camp of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, according to sources quoted by our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. The forces continue their siege of a house in Qabatiya, south of Jenin, sources said.
Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians near Ramallah, injure two children: Report
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that two Palestinian children have been injured in an Israeli raid on a village northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Citing local sources, it said Israeli forces opened fire on a group of people, resulting in injuries to an 11-year-old and a 12-year-old. The sources said that one child suffered an abdominal injury while the other was injured in the foot, and both have been transferred to a medical facility in a nearby village.
Israeli forces storm home of freed Palestinian prisoner near Hebron
The home of Izz al-Din Awad in the town of Idhna, west of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, has been stormed by Israeli forces. That’s according to sources speaking to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.
Settlers set olive groves on fire near occupied West Bank’s Burin
A group of settlers from the illegal outpost of Givat Ronen set olive groves ablaze near the Palestinian area of Burin, The Times of Israel reports.
Palestinian landowner Bashar Eid said they “fled for fear of being killed” when the Israeli settlers came to their land from the outpost. Eid said he has suffered repeated attacks from the settlers. “I’m in danger of being expelled or killed. What should I do?” he was quoted as saying.
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