LONDON: Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy during a military raid on Sunday in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources said.
Islam Ahmad Ajjouri was shot in the chest as Israeli forces raided the Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said he was taken for treatment in critical condition and later died of his wounds.
The Israeli military said it was reviewing the incident, according to Reuters.
The killing occurred amid sustained Israeli military operations and an increase in attacks by Israeli settlers against Palestinians across the West Bank since the war in Gaza began in October 2023, following a Hamas-led attack.
The West Bank is home to about 3 million Palestinians and more than 500,000 Israeli settlers. Israeli settlements are considered illegal under international law, but Israel disputes the position, citing historical and biblical ties to the territory.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs recorded 3,033 settler attacks from Jan. 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026.
An Aug. 20 Human Rights Watch report said settler violence and settlement expansion had fully or partially displaced 107 Palestinian communities since January 2023.
