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- Medics reported that Madani had been shot in the chest and that Israeli forces initially kept him with them before handing him to Palestinian medics
NABLUS: The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Israeli-occupied West Bank stated that Israeli forces had killed a teenager during a raid on a refugee camp near the city of Nablus on Sunday.
Mutaz Ahmad Abdul Wahab Madani, 17, was “killed, and occupation forces’ gunfire wounded two others during a raid near Askar Camp east of Nablus,” the Ramallah-based ministry said in a statement.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Madani was hit when Israeli forces fired bullets, flares, and tear gas.
Medics reported that Madani had been shot in the chest and that Israeli forces initially kept him with them before handing him to Palestinian medics.
He was then transported to Rafidia Hospital in critical condition but succumbed to his wounds, a medic said. Violence in the West Bank has intensified since war broke out in the Gaza Strip after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel.
Since then, at least 818 Palestinians have been killed in the territory by Israeli troops or settlers, according to the Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, the Israeli military and emergency services said gunmen opened fire on Monday on a bus and other vehicles near a village in the West Bank, killing three people and wounding seven.
“Paramedics have confirmed the deaths of three victims, including two women and a man,” emergency service provider Magen David Adom said.
The military said that all three of the dead held Israeli citizenship.