Palestinian and pro-palestine activists take part in a protest at Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood on Jan. 13, 2023. (Credit: Ammar Awad/Reuters)
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy on Monday near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Israeli army said they opened fire after people threw Molotov cocktails.
Omar Khmour, 14, was shot in the head early Monday in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the southern West Bank and "succumbed to his wounds," the ministry said.
The Israeli military said Monday that troops opened fire after "suspects hurled rocks, explosive devices and Molotov cocktails at the soldiers."
He is the second boy killed in Dheisheh during an Israeli military incursion so far this month.
One person was arrested by troops in Dheisheh, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club advocacy group said.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said the army had entered the camp "at dawn and launched a campaign of raids on citizens' homes."
Khmour is the 14th Palestinian killed in the West Bank since the start of the year, including civilians and fighters, according to an AFP tally. The majority of those killed have been shot dead by Israeli forces.
Following a series of fatal attacks targeting Israelis last March and April, Israeli forces launched near-nightly raids in the West Bank in which scores have been killed.
The violence in 2022 made it the deadliest year in the West Bank since United Nations records began in 2005.
At least 26 Israelis and 200 Palestinians were killed across Israel and the Palestinian territories last year, according to AFP figures.
Omar Khmour, 14, was shot in the head early Monday in the Dheisheh refugee camp in the southern West Bank and "succumbed to his wounds," the ministry...