Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in a raid on a refugee camp
Israeli forces killed one Palestinian teenager and injured two others in a raid on a refugee camp near Jericho in the occupied West Bank on Monday, AFP quoted the Palestinian Health Ministry as saying.
WAFA reported that confrontations broke out soon after Israeli forces raided the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp on Monday morning, with dozens of armored vehicles and special forces, to arrest activists.
The report added that Israeli troops fired shots indiscriminately at local residents, hitting one in the head, chest and stomach. He later succumbed to his serious gunshot wounds. Two other Palestinians were struck in the lower parts of the body, Press TV reported.
The Israeli army said its forces were operating in the Aqabat Jaber camp near Jericho, without providing further details.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health later identified the victim as 15-year-old Mohammad Fayez Balhan.
Local sources said Israeli soldiers had surrounded the camp from all sides before entering it to detain activists.
Meanwhile, more than 1,500 Israeli settlers broke into the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Mosque through the Moroccan Gate and toured it under the protection of the regime’s forces.
Israeli settlers also provocatively performed rituals in the sacred site.
Media reports said the occupation forces had earlier stormed the mosque, and removed the Palestinian worshipers from the holy site to pave the way for the settlers’ incursions.
Hardline Israeli officials and settlers regularly storm the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied city, a provocative move that infuriates Palestinians.