Ramallah, West Financial institution — A 12-year-old Palestinian boy died Monday after being shot and wounded by Israeli troopers throughout a weekend military raid in a refugee camp within the occupied West Financial institution, the Palestinian Well being Ministry mentioned. Mahmoud Samoudi was shot within the stomach Saturday throughout a military raid in Jenin, a refugee camp and stronghold of armed Palestinians.
Through the raid, troopers entered the camp and surrounded a home. In movies circulated on social media, exchanges of fireside might be heard. On the time, Palestinian well being officers mentioned two teenagers, ages 16 and 18, have been killed and that 11 individuals have been wounded.
The Israeli military didn't instantly reply to a request for remark about Monday's loss of life.
Israel has been finishing up nightly arrest raids throughout the West Financial institution since a spate of assaults towards Israelis within the spring killed 19 individuals. The military mentioned it had traced a number of the perpetrators of these assaults again to Jenin.
Israeli fireplace has killed greater than 100 Palestinians throughout that point, making it the deadliest 12 months within the occupied territory since 2015.
The Israeli army says the overwhelming majority of these killed have been militants or stone-throwers who endangered the troopers. However a number of civilians have additionally been killed throughout Israel's months-long operation, together with a veteran journalist and a lawyer who apparently drove unwittingly right into a battle zone.
Native youths who took to the streets in response to the invasion of their neighborhoods have additionally been killed.
Israel says the arrest raids are supposed to dismantle militant networks. The Palestinians say the operations are aimed toward strengthening Israel's 55-year army occupation of territories they need for an impartial state.
Hours after the lethal raid within the West Financial institution, a Palestinian gunman opened fireplace on an Israeli army checkpoint in east Jerusalem, killing a feminine Israeli soldier and wounding three different individuals, Israeli authorities mentioned. The hunt for the shooter continued on Monday.
It was the most recent bloodshed within the deadliest spherical of combating in east Jerusalem in seven years. It got here a day earlier than Israel began celebrating the weeklong Sukkot vacation, a time when tens of hundreds of Jews go to the holy metropolis.
The Israeli troops have been shot at a checkpoint close to the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem. Police mentioned the assailant acquired out of a automotive and opened fireplace, severely wounding the feminine soldier and a safety guard earlier than operating into the camp. The military introduced early Sunday that the lady, who was 19, had died.