Israeli forces kill Palestinian child in Nablus |

On Tuesday afternoon, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian child and kidnapped a young man after special forces infiltrated the Old City of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that an 11-year-old child Abdullah Jamal Hawashdied from a critical shot inflicted on him by occupation soldiers during the military invasion.

Media sources said Israeli special forces entered the Old City of Nablus, followed by military reinforcements, and soldiers fired smoke bombs in the al-Qaryun area, sparking protests from local Palestinians.

During the invasion, armed Palestinian resistance fighters opened fire on armored vehicles and soldiers fired live ammunition at civilians, shooting and seriously wounding a child.

The sources added that the child was wounded during the army’s withdrawal from the Old City, where soldiers also kidnapped a young man, Nasser Nashat Anati.

Since the Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip began on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 760 Palestinians in the West Bank, including 166 children, and injured 6,250.

The distribution of those killed in the West Bank is as follows: 201 in Jenin, 173 in Tulkarm, 81 in Nablus75 in Hebron, 59 in Ramallah, 59 in Tubas, 47 in Jerusalem, 29 in Qalqilya, 20 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho, 12 in Israel and 4 in Salfit.

Since October 7, 2023, Israeli forces have killed 42,718 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of them women and children, and injured 100,282 civilians, while the bodies of thousands of civilians remained buried in the rubble of the devastated coastal enclave.

In related news, Israeli forces kidnapped a father and his son after storming and ransacking their home in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus.

Media sources said occupation soldiers kidnapped citizen Noman Abdul Hamid Hassan and his son Baraa after raiding their home in Qusra village on Tuesday morning.