Four Palestinians killed in occupied West Bank by settlers, Israeli troops
The teenager was shot by Israeli forces, while the other three Palestinians were killed in a settler attack on the town of Kafr Malek, northeast of Ramallah. Seven others were injured in the settler attack.
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the town, burning vehicles and homes as residents of neighbouring villages attempted to confront them, local sources said. Israeli troops provided protection for the settlers and fired live rounds.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said it treated at least five wounded Palestinians who suffered gunshot wounds, with some in serious condition.
Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh said the settlers were acting 'under the protection of the Israeli army'.
'We call on the international community to urgently intervene to protect our Palestinian people,' he added, in a message on X.
In the other deadly incident, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Israeli troops shot dead a 15-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid on al-Yamoun, a town west of Jenin.
The ministry identified the teenager as Rayan Tamer Houshieh and said he succumbed to his wounds after being shot in the neck.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said that its teams had handled 'a very critical case' in al-Yamoun, involving a teenager, before pronouncing him dead.
The al-Yamoun incident marked the second time a teenager has been reported killed in the occupied territory in two days.
On Monday, the Health Ministry said that Israeli fire killed a 13-year-old, identified as Ammar Hamayel, in Kafr Malek.
The occupied West Bank is home to more than 3 million Palestinians who live under harsh Israeli military rule, with the Palestinian Authority governing in limited areas cut off from each other by a myriad of Israeli checkpoints.
Israel has so far built more than 100 settlements across the West Bank, which are home to about 500,000 settlers – Israeli citizens living illegally on private Palestinian land in the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem.
Daily Israeli raids
Although Israel's genocidal war in Gaza has garnered more attention, Palestinian suffering in the occupied West Bank has been acute, with hundreds of deaths, thousands of people displaced, house demolitions and significant destruction since October 7, 2023.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Palestine has expressed alarm at the 'wave of renewed violence' by Israeli settlers and armed forces in the West Bank earlier this year.
'Israel must immediately and completely cease all settlement activities and evacuate all settlers, stop the forcible transfer of the Palestinian population, and prevent and punish attacks by its security forces and settlers,' UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said.
Separately, earlier on Wednesday, a 66-year-old woman was shot in the head and killed by Israeli forces during a raid on the Shu'fat refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, according to several local media reports.
The Jerusalem governorate identified the woman as Zahriya Joudeh al-Obaid.
Her husband, Joudah Al-Obeidi, a 67-year-old resident of the camp, said his wife was standing on the roof of their home when Israeli forces stormed the area. He confirmed that police shot her in the head, and that she had posed no threat.
Like other refugee camps in Israeli-occupied areas, Shu'fat has seen repeated Israeli raids that often result in deaths, injuries and arrests.
In the northern West Bank, large-scale military incursions into Jenin and its refugee camp, as well as Tulkarem and the Nur Shams refugee camp, have resulted in widespread destruction and displacement of at least 40,000 people, according to UN figures.
Since Israeli forces launched its latest operation in Jenin 156 days ago, at least 40 Palestinians have been killed, according to the Wafa news agency.
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