Alwaght- Israeli Regime's forces shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid south of the central West Bank city of Bethlehem, amid Israeli regime's escalating violence that has left 14 Palestinians dead so far in 2023, four of them being minors.
“The 14-year-old boy Omar Khaled Lutfi Khumour died from the serious head injury he sustained this morning in the Dheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem after being hit by live bullets from the (Israeli) occupation” , indicated a statement from the Ministry of Health of the Palestinian Authority.
Palestinian security sources said a large group of Israeli troops stormed the camp on Monday morning, and forced their way into a number of houses there in pursuit of several activists.
They violently ransacked the buildings before taking away some local residents to an unknown location
During the raid, young Palestinian men and teenagers pelted the Israeli troops with stones, who replied by firing live rounds and tear gas canisters.
Medical sources said Khumour was shot in the head and taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition. He was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
Israeli forces launch raids on various cities of the occupied West Bank almost on a daily basis under the pretext of detaining what it calls “wanted” Palestinians. The raids usually lead to violent confrontations with residents.
Over the past months, Israel has ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and cities throughout the occupied territories. As a result of these attacks, dozens of Palestinians have lost their lives and many others have been arrested.
The United Nations marked 2022 as the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank in 16 years.
Israeli forces killed at least 171 Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied East al-Quds last year, including more than 30 children. At least 9,000 others were injured as well.
Reacting to fresh Israeli crimes, Palestinian Hamas resistance movement said in a statement on Friday that it holds Israel accountable for its continued crimes and violations against Palestinians, and reaffirms that the occupying regime’s acts of aggression will not go unnoticed.
