WEST BANK (Palestine Foundation Information Center) A Palestinian child succumbed to critical gunshot wounds, which he sustained during an Israeli military raid in Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, as settler attacks were renewed in various parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Ministry of Health announced in a press release the martyrdom of 12-year-old Iyad Abdul-Mu’ti Iyad Shalakhti, who succumbed to critical gunshot wounds inflicted by Israeli forces last Sunday near the hill of the New Askar camp east of the city.
Meanwhile, settlers attacked Palestinian homes in the town of Surif, north of al-Khalil. They assaulted residents and set fire to farmers’ lands.
Local sources reported that a group of settlers attacked residents in the Watwat area, near the illegal settlement of “Beit Ein” built on Palestinian land, carrying out a series of assaults.
Later, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town, chasing residents who tried to fend off the settler attack, resulting in two injuries due to physical assaults.
The Israeli army also raided the Jabari neighborhood in al-Khalil city, the town of Idhna to the west, and the village of Al-Tabqa south of Dura in the al-Khalil Governorate.
Raids extended to the city of Tubas, specifically in the town of Aqaba north of the city. During the incursion, Israeli soldiers confiscated a vehicle, while resistance fighters confronted the invading forces with improvised explosive devices.
The Israeli forces also stormed Al-Ram town in Occupied Jerusalem, Sinjil town north of Ramallah, and the Ain Munjid area in Ramallah. Raids and arrests also took place in Jericho, Qalqilya, and the village of Husan west of Bethlehem.
In Husan, the Israeli army arrested seven Palestinian citizens.
Another Palestinian was also arrested from his home in the eastern neighborhood of Tulkarem. The Israeli army also stormed the Iktaba suburb east of the city, deploying military vehicles and infantry units while conducting wide-scale searches around homes and farmlands, particularly in the Al-Qaisi neighborhood.
A special Israeli unit raided a house inside Balata refugee camp east of Nablus and arrested a young man from Al-Ma’moun Street, near Nablus Specialized Hospital.
Military jeeps were deployed across multiple neighborhoods in Nablus, raiding a building in the Al-Makhfiyya area, searching homes, and arresting a local resident. Another Palestinian was also rounded up in Balata camp.
In a related development, Israeli forces demolished a two-story house belonging to Khaled Al-Sakask in the town of Rujeib, east of Nablus, after forcing the family to evacuate.
