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14-year-old Moataz Daghlas killed by Israeli forces during Burqa raid near Nablus. Palestinian health ministry says Israeli authorities are withholding his body.
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Burqa raid, teen killed
Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy during an operation in the occupied West Bank village of Burqa, north-west of Nablus, Palestinian officials said. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the victim as Moataz Iyad Daghlas, and relatives said Israeli authorities were withholding his body. The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire to prevent Palestinians from throwing stones at Israeli vehicles, and it said “several hits were confirmed.”
The Palestinian Red Crescent said its teams treated two people with gunshot wounds, but Israeli forces blocked access to a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics. Wafa identified the two wounded during the raid as a 17-year-old shot in the abdomen and pelvis and a 19-year-old hit in the hand.
Detained medics, withheld body
Wafa reported that Israeli forces detained Moataz’s father and stopped an ambulance from reaching the wounded in Burqa. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its teams treated two people with gunshot wounds, but Israeli forces blocked their access to a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics. The Israeli military said soldiers fired towards people it identified as “several terrorists who intended to hurl stones” in an area where stones had previously been thrown at Israeli vehicles.
The BBC said Moataz Daghlas’s relatives told it that Israeli authorities were withholding his body, while the Palestinian Ministry of Health said the same in its identification. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the victim was 14-year-old Moataz Iyad Daghlas, and the Israeli military confirmed the shooting in Burqa.
Broader West Bank context
The UN said at least 1,143 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023, including 250 children, and the figure includes Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers living in illegal settlements. The BBC said the UN reported that at least 98 Palestinians, including 22 children, have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank since the start of the year. The BBC said the UN Human Rights Office in the occupied Palestinian territory had verified the killing of 241 Palestinian children by Israeli security forces and settlers in the West Bank since June.
The UN office said its assessment was that none of the children killed while involved in confrontations with Israeli forces had posed an imminent threat to life, which it said was the only legal justification for lethal force in the West Bank under international law. The Israeli military said its soldiers fired to remove the threat of stone-throwing at Israeli vehicles, linking the Burqa raid to a wider pattern of raids and lethal force described by the UN and Palestinian officials.