Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in occupied West Bank

Ghaith Rafeeq Yamin, 16, was killed throughout an Israeli military raid on Nablus within the occupied West Financial institution.

Ghaith Rafiq Yamin
16-year-old Ghaith Rafeeq Yamin, who was killed by Israeli forces in a raid early on Wednesday, was a pupil within the tenth grade [Al Jazeera]

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager within the northern metropolis of Nablus within the occupied West Financial institution.

The Palestinian well being ministry recognized the teenager as 16-year-old Ghaith Rafeeq Yamin.

Yamin was killed early on Wednesday throughout confrontations that broke out with the Israeli military on the web site of Joseph’s Tomb within the jap a part of Nablus. The military had been offering safety to Jewish settlers visiting the positioning. 

Yamin, who was shot within the head, arrived on the Rafidia public hospital in Nablus at roughly 2am (23:00 GMT) in crucial situation and was pronounced lifeless quarter-hour later.

Ghaith Yamin mother
Yamin’s mom mourns her lifeless son on the Rafidia hospital in Nablus, occupied West Financial institution on Might 25, 2022 [Al Jazeera]

At the least 80 different Palestinians had been wounded on Tuesday evening throughout confrontations with the Israeli military within the Nablus space, together with 19 injured after being hit by rubber bullets and greater than 65 from tear gasoline suffocation, in keeping with the official Palestinian information company Wafa.

In response to Yamin’s killing, the Palestinian Authority (PA) stated in an announcement it calls “on the worldwide neighborhood to interrupt double requirements and supply safety for our youngsters and our folks from the killing machine that kills them each day.”

The Palestinian training ministry stated the teenager was a pupil within the tenth grade.

“We condemn the occupation’s crimes in opposition to our college students and academic cadres,” the ministry stated in a tribute, whereas additionally calling for “the need of pressing intervention to discourage the occupation and maintain it accountable for these heinous crimes”.

The Israeli military stated Palestinians had been throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails, to which it responded with reside fireplace, taking pictures one particular person, in keeping with Israeli media.

This yr, Israeli forces have raided Palestinian cities and villages within the occupied West Financial institution on a near-daily foundation, throughout which Palestinians are sometimes wounded or killed.

There was a selected uptick in raids together with a rise in Palestinian assaults since March which have killed 19 folks in Israel.

57 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces within the occupied West Financial institution because the begin of 2022.

Earlier this week, 17-year-old Amjad al-Fayed was killed by the Israeli military throughout a raid within the metropolis of Jenin, additionally within the northern occupied West Financial institution. Palestinian media reported that al-Fayed was shot with a few dozen bullets fired into the higher a part of his physique.

On Might 11, Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian-American journalist for Al Jazeera Media Community was killed by Israeli forces whereas overlaying an Israeli raid in Jenin.

On Thursday, Israeli media retailers reported that the Israeli army would not be conducting an investigation into Abu Akleh’s killing, saying a probe that treats Israeli troopers as suspects would result in opposition inside Israeli society.

The US state division renewed calls for a “thorough and clear” investigation however stopped in need of calling for an impartial probe.

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