Palestinian girl killed by Israeli forces in Jenin: Report
Citing the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the Wafa news agency is reporting that 13-year-old Rimas al-Amouri has died after being shot by Israeli forces in Jenin in the northern West Bank.
Israeli raids continue across occupied West Bank
We’re getting some updates from the occupied West Bank:
- Israeli forces have raided the town of Yatma, south of Nablus; They entered the area amid gunfire and tear gas, the head of the Yatma village council said.
- A Palestinian child has been injured by rubber-coated metal bullets and dozens of other people suffered from tear gas inhalation during confrontations with Israeli soldiers in Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
- The Israeli army has stormed the town of Qusra near Nablus, using heavy gunfire and tear gas, Wafa reports.
- A Palestinian man has been arrested in the northern Jordan Valley while attending to his livestock, local sources tell Wafa.
Another child killed by Israeli forces in West Bank
The child was killed in the Jabal Joher neighbourhood of Hebron, in the south of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health has identified the child as Ayman Nassar al-Haimouni, 13.
Earlier, we reported that a 13-year-old Palestinian girl was also killed by Israeli forces today in Jenin.
Locals told Al Jazeera that she lived on the outskirts of the Jenin refugee camp and there were no confrontations when she was killed. The girl was shot in the back.
Rights group slams Israeli forces for ‘reckless and indiscriminate fire’
A Palestinian child rights group says Israel’s use of “reckless and indiscriminate fire” in the occupied West Bank is “robbing children of their safety even inside their own homes”.
The warning from Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) comes after Israeli forces shot and seriously injured an eight-year-old Palestinian girl inside her home near Hebron earlier this month.
According to a DCIP statement, Jannat Faisal Sabri Mutawar sustained a severe head wound when Israeli forces opened fire on her family’s home during a raid in the Palestinian town of Sair on February 11.
She was taken to hospital for emergency surgery, but faces possible vision loss.
“Jannat’s shooting underscores the impunity with which Israeli forces operate, causing lifelong trauma and irreversible harm to Palestinian children,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, DCIP’s accountability programme director.
Israeli forces shot 8-year-old Jannat in the head through a window in her home last week in a Palestinian town near Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.
Jannat is facing a lifetime of vision loss.
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— Defense for Children (@DCIPalestine) February 21, 2025
Relative describes Palestinian girl’s killing in Jenin
Mohammad al-Amouri, a cousin of slain 13-year-old Rimas al-Amouri, says he was at home when he heard gunfire nearby.
“We went outside to see what had happened and found my cousin on the ground. We tried to pull her out, but the army didn’t let us – and started shooting,” al-Amouri said from Jenin.
“Later, her brother, my brother and I tried again to pull her up. But the same thing happened, they started shooting at the walls to prevent anyone from approaching.”
Palestinian foreign ministry condemns Israel PM’s ‘storming’ of West Bank camp
The Palestinian foreign ministry has condemned Netanyahu’s visit to the Tulkarem refugee camp in the north of the West Bank.
In a statement, the ministry said Netanyahu and a group of soldiers “broke into a house” to use it as a command centre. As we reported earlier, the Israeli military has been carrying out intensified military raids across the West Bank.
