Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank, Palestinian health ministry says

Israeli forces fatally shot a 15-year-old Palestinian teenager during a raid in the West Bank today, the Palestinian health ministry says.

“The child Amir Ahmad Jawad Jaber, 15 years old, was martyred after being shot in the head and once in the chest by occupation soldiers during their raid into the Umm al-Sharayit neighbourhood in Al-Bireh,” near the West Bank city of Ramallah, the ministry says.

There is no immediate response from the Israeli military.

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