A Palestinian child died Sunday of wounds sustained from Israeli army fire in the West Bank, as occupiers escalated attacks in the occupied territory, including the burning of property and the destruction of agricultural land.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that 14-year-old Islam Ajouri was killed after being shot by Israeli forces in the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
According to witnesses, Israeli forces raided the camp and fired live ammunition during clashes with Palestinian youths, critically injuring Ajouri before he was pronounced dead.
Israeli forces searched several homes and shops in the camp during the raid, local sources said.
In Nablus, Israeli forces raided the towns of Beita, Tell, and Beit Dajan, storming and searching several homes, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
In Tulkarem, Israeli army and police vehicles raided the city, concentrating their presence in the city center and market area, harassing Palestinians. Police issued traffic tickets to Palestinian vehicles, according to eyewitnesses.
The witnesses added that the army raised the Israeli flag on the minaret of a mosque in the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem.
Meanwhile, two Palestinians, including a child, from the village of al-Rashaydeh in Bethlehem, were detained during an incursion.
In Qalqilya, the Israeli army arrested six Palestinians after raiding the city and searching homes in the Kafr Saba and al-Naqqar neighborhoods, according to Wafa.
The army also rounded up five Palestinians from the city of Tulkarem and another from the town of Beita during its incursions.
In Ramallah, Israeli forces closed the western entrance to al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the city, preventing Palestinians from entering or leaving. They also subjected some Palestinians to field interrogations and fired tear gas toward vehicles.
Local sources told Anadolu that the western entrance is currently the village's only access point after the Israeli army closed its eastern entrance on Oct. 7, 2023.
Meanwhile, occupiers burned a residential room belonging to a Palestinian in the northern part of the town of Osarin, south of Nablus, local sources told Anadolu.
They also set fire to a vehicle, partially burning it, and spray-painted racist slogans at the site, the sources added.
In Bethlehem, Israeli occupiers attacked the Khala'il al-Louz area east of the city, damaging irrigation pipes used for crops, cutting down trees, and damaging Palestinian property and agricultural land.
Occupiers also uprooted olive and grape trees from Palestinian-owned land in the village of al-Minya, east of Bethlehem, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
According to the same source, Israeli occupiers burned a tent, equipment and animal feed belonging to a Palestinian farmer on the outskirts of Burqa village, east of Ramallah.
The West Bank has witnessed a surge in occupier attacks and Israeli military raids since the outbreak of Israel's war on the Gaza Strip in October 2023, amid Palestinian and international warnings over the consequences of the continued escalation.
