Palestinian Teenager Martyred in Al-Khalil, Resistance Fires Rocket at Settlement
RAMALLAH (Dispatches) – A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was martyred by Zionist troops during clashes in the West Bank city of Al-Khalil, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement.
The teenager, identified as Milad al-Raai, was shot in the stomach and back by Zionist troops in the al-Aroub refugee camp, according to the ministry. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Palestinian security sources said clashes erupted between the Zionist troops and local youths after the troops fired tear gas canisters at the entrance to the refugee camp.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the young boy was shot in the back and chest during Israeli forces’ raid on the camp.
A large number of Palestinians also suffered suffocation from gas inhalation due to the use of toxic tear gas by the regime’s forces.
Zionist troops launch raids on various cities of the West Bank on an almost daily basis under the pretext of detaining what the regime calls “wanted” Palestinians. The raids usually lead to violent confrontations with residents.
More than 200 Palestinians have been killed this year in the occupied territories and Gaza. The majority of these fatalities have been recorded in the West Bank.
The figure makes 2023 the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank since the United Nations began keeping track of fatalities in 2005.
Previously, 2022 was the deadliest year with 150 Palestinians killed, of whom 33 were minors, according to the United Nations.
Fight Until ‘Full Liberation’
The Gaza-based Hamas resistance movement said in a statement that Palestinians will resolutely keep up their struggle until the full liberation of occupied territories from the grip of Israeli occupation.
“Palestinians will continue their anti-occupation efforts throughout the West Bank, and confront the Tel Aviv regime’s crimes, especially in the holy city of Al-Quds and the al-Aqsa Mosque compound,” the statement said.
It underscored that the long-term battle against the Zionist enemy will finally result in the expulsion of occupiers, the liberation of occupied lands, and the restoration of Palestinians’ freedom.
Palestinian fighters from the West Bank city of Jenin fired a rocket toward a nearby Zionist settlement on Sunday, according to the Israeli military.
Claiming the attack, Palestinian armed group Ayyash Brigades said in a statement that the attack was “a response to the ongoing crimes and violations committed by the Israeli enemy.”
The group, affiliated with Hamas’ Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades military wing and located in the flashpoint city of Jenin in the northern West Bank, released video footage showing it prepared to launch a rocket at the Ram On settlement in the Gilboa Regional Council in northern parts of the occupied territories.
Also on Sunday, Israeli media outlets reported a car explosion in Haifa, located in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The car explosion occurred on Tzahal St. in Haifa on Sunday morning.
Footage circulating on social media shows that the car was set on fire after the blast.