WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) A Palestinian teen was killed by Israeli gunfire late Wednesday near Hawara town, south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank.
The victim was identified as 18-year-old Ismail Samer Othman Sharafa from Beita town.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health, citing the General Authority for Civil Affairs, confirmed his death, stating that Israeli soldiers opened fire directly at the victim before seizing his body.
In a separate incident, three children were injured by live ammunition, and a father and his daughter were arrested during an Israeli military raid on Beit Ummar, north of al-Khalil.
According to local activist Mohammad Awad, Israeli troops stormed multiple neighborhoods of the town late at night amid heavy use of live fire.
The three injured children, all aged 16, sustained live bullet wounds, with two shot in the thigh and one in the leg. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed that its emergency teams provided first aid before transferring the wounded to local medical centers, and later to hospitals in al-Khalil for further treatment.
During the same raid, Israeli forces arrested Mahmoud Khader Abu Maria and his 18-year-old daughter, Ghina, following a violent search of their home.
Local sources also reported that Israeli soldiers opened fire at worshipers near a mosque in central Beit Ummar, as the military operation extended into multiple areas of the town, accompanied by live fire and ongoing raids.
These incidents form part of a broader pattern of escalating violence and systematic human rights violations by Israeli forces across the occupied Palestinian territories, where extrajudicial killings, the targeting of minors, and arbitrary arrests continue with impunity.
