“Israel” Martyrs New Palestinian Child, Settlers Attack West Bank

By Staff, Agencies

The Palestinian Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that 12-year-old Mahmoud Mithqal Ali Abu al-Hayja was martyred after succumbing to his wounds sustained by “Israeli” occupation forces’ [IOF] gunfire.

The "Israeli" occupation forces shot him in the town of al-Yamun, west of Jenin.

A video circulated on social media showed the 12-year-old child running with a group of children before being targeted in cold blood by an "Israeli" sniper.

Additionally, eight Palestinians were injured, one by live fire, and three agricultural facilities were set ablaze during a settler attack on the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, according to reports.

The IOF launched a wide-scale detention campaign across various cities and towns in the occupied West Bank early Wednesday morning, escalating ongoing aggression against Palestinians.

During the incursions, IOF detained more than 15 Palestinian, including former detainee Hanan al-Barghouthi from the village of Kaubar, north of Ramallah. The detentions extended to al-Dhahiriya, south of al-Khalil, where the forces turned one of the homes into a military outpost.

In Tulkarm, a unit of the IOF, accompanied by two bulldozers, stormed the eastern area of the Dhanaba neighborhood and detonated an object on Iskan hill near the Nour Shams refugee camp, according to Palestinian media.

Meanwhile, in Nablus, occupation forces withdrew from the town of Beit Furik, east of the city, after a five-hour incursion marked by explosions. During the operation, two Palestinian youths, Laith Bashar Nasasrah and Fouad Ziyad Nasasrah, were detained after their homes were stormed and ransacked.

Moreover, "Israeli" bulldozers carried out demolition operations in the town of al-Jib, northwest occupied al-Quds. Additionally, the forces razed farmlands between the villages of Haris and Kifl Haris, west of Salfit, as part of an ongoing policy of land leveling in Salfit, aimed at stripping the land from its rightful owners.

These actions are part of a broader pattern of "Israeli" aggression against Palestinians, characterized by systematic detentions, home demolitions, and land confiscations, aimed at imposing new realities on the ground across the West Bank.