Israeli Forces Shoot And Injure 14-Year-Old Palestinian Child In Silwad, Ramallah
Key Takeaways
- The child was shot with live ammunition in Silwad during a raid.
- The incident occurred as Israeli forces raided Silwad, east of Ramallah, West Bank.
- Some reports say injury; others report death of the child.
Silwad raid and child
Israeli occupation forces shot and injured a 14-year-old Palestinian child on Sunday evening during a military invasion of Silwad, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central region.
“Israeli occupation forces shot and injured a 14‑year‑old Palestinian child on Sunday evening during a military invasion of Silwad, east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank’s central region”
Raed Hamed, head of the Silwad Municipality, said the child was struck with live ammunition in the leg after illegal Israeli paramilitary colonizers attacked the Tal al-‘Asour area overlooking the town.
Hamed reported that residents mobilized to repel the colonizer incursion before Israeli occupation forces invaded the area simultaneously and opened fire at civilians confronting the attack.
Medics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) rushed to the town, treated the child at the scene, and transported him to a hospital in Ramallah.
The incident was described as part of a sustained pattern in which armed colonizers, operating under the protection of Israeli forces, intensify their presence on strategic hilltops surrounding Silwad.
Deaths, raids, and barriers
A Palestinian teenage boy was martyred after being shot with live bullets early Friday during an Israeli forces raid on Silwad, east of Ramallah, as Israeli forces conducted raids in Nablus, Qalqilia, and Bethlehem.
Local sources said Israeli forces entered Silwad and fired live rounds and used tear gas and sound bombs, wounding Yamen Samad Hamid (15) with live bullets before he was pronounced dead at the Palestine Medical Complex.
The same report said Israeli forces prevented an ambulance from transporting the injured and left him lying on the ground for a short period before allowing the ambulance to take him.
It also tied the raids to the two-year genocide in Gaza, stating that it has resulted in 1,062 Palestinians killed and about 10,000 others injured, in addition to the detention of more than 20,000 people, including 1,600 children.
The article further said that since October 2023, the number of permanent and temporary checkpoints and gates dividing Palestinian lands has risen to about 1,000 military barriers and gates, including more than 243 iron gates installed during the Gaza genocide.
2023 toll and Gaza bombardment
The same timeline says that on May 10, 2023, the bombardment of Gaza by the Israeli apartheid state killed at least 7 children and 10 Palestinians, including Yazan Fathi Elian (17), Rami Shadi Mousa Hamdan (16), and Ala’ Maher Baraka (27).
It also records that on May 8, 2023, during a series of Israeli airstrikes against Gaza, 14 Palestinians were killed, including several children.
The account adds that on May 6, 2023, Hamza Jamil Kharyoush (22) and Samer Salah Shafe’ey (22) were assassinated by the Israeli occupying army, continuing a pattern of killings across multiple locations.
Taken together with the Silwad reports, the 2023 death tally underscores that the sources describe ongoing Israeli operations in both the West Bank and Gaza, with named victims and dates spanning May 2023.
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