Relatives mourn the death of Amir Ahmad Jawad Jaber, a Palestinian teenager shot and killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Al Bireh on June 29, 2026. (Credit: Zain Jaafar/AFP)
Israeli forces fatally shot a 15-year-old Palestinian teenager during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said, as Israeli violence in the Israeli-occupied territory continues to surge.
"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 in the Umm al-Sharayit neighborhood in Al-Bireh" near the West Bank city of Ramallah, the ministry said.
There was no immediate response from the Israeli military when asked by AFP about the incident.
The Palestinian Red Crescent had earlier said its teams were transporting to hospital and trying to resuscitate a 15-year-old who was shot in the head with live ammunition during a raid in the Umm al-Sharayit area.
Dozens of mourners gathered at the Palestine Medical Complex as grieving relatives wept over the teenager's body.
"Today, we witnessed a clear-cut execution in broad daylight," Laila Ghannam, governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, told AFP.
"This is a disgrace to all institutions who claim to uphold democracy and human rights.
"When it comes to our cause, they see nothing. They allow this occupation to escalate its campaign of terror every single day — not only across Palestine, but throughout the entire region."
Since the start of Israel's genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023, Israeli settler and military violence has escalated across the West Bank, the part of Palestine Israel has occupied since 1967.
Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed at least 1,085 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 2023, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry data, which says 71 people have been killed so far in 2026.
Official Israeli figures show that at least 46 Israelis, both soldiers and civilians, have been killed in attacks or during Israeli military operations in the West Bank since the start of the war on Gaza.
