Israel kills 14-year-old Palestinian boy in West Bank, wounds two others in Gaza

Israeli forces killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy during an operation in the occupied West Bank village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus, Palestinian officials said on Tuesday. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the boy as Moataz Iyad and said Israeli authorities were withholding his body. Two other teenagers were also wounded, the authorities said. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that a 17-year-old was shot in the abdomen and pelvis, while a 19-year-old sustained a gunshot wound to the hand.

Wafa also reported that soldiers detained the boy's father, prevented an ambulance from reaching the wounded and briefly detained three volunteer paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society. The Israeli military confirmed that its soldiers had opened fire in the area. New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters “The forces responded with gunfire to neutralise the threat and several hits were confirmed,” the military said in a statement.

The killing comes amid waves of settler violence across the occupied West Bank, where Israeli military operations and attacks by settlers have killed and wounded Palestinians and displaced communities. ‘We do not want to die from the cold’: Gaza families struggle as rain floods shelters Read More » The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) said more than 2,060 settler attacks resulting in Palestinian casualties or property damage had been documented across about 300 West Bank communities between the beginning of 2026 and 12 October.

The agency recorded 244 such incidents across 113 communities between 29 September and 12 October alone, an average of 17 a day. Five Palestinians were killed and 246 injured by Israeli forces or settlers during that reporting period, including 22 children, Ocha said. Three of those killed were victims of settler attacks. The Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, or Acled, said in September that 2026 had already become the most violent year for settler-related violence since it began monitoring the West Bank in 2016.

Its data showed that incidents involving settlers firing weapons reached 203 between 1 January and 11 September, compared with 185 in all of 2025. Unicef reported in October that at least 1,216 Palestinians, including 263 children, had been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, between 7 October 2023 and 9 September 2026. Gaza attacks The latest killing in the West Bank came as Palestinians in the Gaza Strip also reported fresh Israeli attacks, despite a ceasefire that took effect in October 2025.

Medical and local sources told Anadolu Agency that Israeli fire wounded two Palestinians in southern Gaza on Tuesday, including a fisherman off the coast of Khan Younis and a boy near tents sheltering displaced people in the Batn al-Samin area. More than 200,000 join Amsterdam march against Gaza genocide Read More » Wafa separately reported that Israeli naval vessels opened fire on fishing boats off Khan Younis, wounding a fisherman and damaging two boats.

Anadolu reported that local sources said two boats had been set ablaze. Witnesses also reported artillery shelling and heavy gunfire in areas south and east of Khan Younis, while local sources said Israeli military vehicles had made an incursion southeast of the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. The reports also said Israeli forces demolished homes and other civilian structures near the area of the incursion. Gaza's health ministry said on Monday that Israeli attacks had killed 1,613 Palestinians and wounded 5,833 others since the ceasefire took effect on 10 October 2025.

The ministry said the overall death toll from Israel's war on Gaza since October 2023 had exceeded 74,000, with more than 175,000 people wounded. Copyright © 2014 - 2026 . Middle East Eye. All rights reserved. Only England and Wales jurisdiction apply in all legal matters. Middle East Eye ISSN 2634-2456