RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories —
Israeli forces on Saturday shot and killed a Palestinian teen and critically
wounded another in Jenin, the Palestinian health ministry said.
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“A 17-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old was
critically wounded by the
Israeli occupation’s bullets during its aggression on
Jenin,” the ministry said in a statement. The official Palestinian news agency
Wafa identified the teenager as Amjad Al-Fayed.
Israeli forces said that during “operational activity”
near Kafr Dan, a village northwest of Jenin, “a number of suspects shot live
fire at ... soldiers from a passing vehicle”, adding that “the suspects also
hurled Molotov cocktails and an explosive device toward the soldiers,” they
said in a statement. “The soldiers responded with live fire toward the
suspects,” it added. “Hits were identified.”
The
Palestinian Islamic Jihad claimed Fayed as a
member and a “son”, praising him in a statement for confronting the Israeli
occupation forces with gunfire and explosive devices. At Fayed’s funeral in the
Jenin refugee camp, armed members of the militant group carried his coffin.
Palestinian Prime Minister
Mohammed Shtayyeh condemned Fayed’s killing, stressing in remarks relayed by Wafa that “We warn
against the consequences of the occupation’s continued crimes against our
people. We urge the international community to condemn them and hold the
perpetrators accountable,” Shtayyeh said in a statement.
Israeli forces have repeatedly raided the
Jenin area since late March, often with deadly consequences for Palestinian residents.
Twenty Palestinians in Jenin have been killed by occupation forces since the
beginning of 2022, including veteran Palestinian-American journalist Shireen
Abu Akleh.
On Thursday, Israeli forces announced that they will
not conduct an investigation into
Abu Akleh’s killing, saying a probe that
treats Israeli soldiers as suspects will lead to opposition within Israeli
society. Al-Jazeera reported that the US State Department renewed calls for a
“thorough and transparent” investigation, but stopped short of calling for an
independent probe.
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