Israeli forces kill 14-year-old Palestinian boy in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy and wounded two other teens during a raid on the village of Burqa in the occupied West Bank, according to officials. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the victim on Tuesday as Moataz Iyad Daghlas and said Israeli authorities were withholding his body.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that two other teenagers were wounded – a 17-year-old shot in the abdomen and pelvis and a 19-year-old hit in the hand. In a statement, the military said soldiers opened fire to prevent Palestinians from throwing stones at Israeli vehicles.

They briefly held three volunteer paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society who were working in the area, it reported. The attacks come as Israeli pogroms in the occupied West Bank surge to what the United Nations has called an “unprecedented level”, following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023 and the subsequent genocidal war on Gaza.