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Palestinian Teen Shot Dead by Israeli Fire in West Bank
(MENAFN) A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli army fire Friday, while Israeli settlers set ablaze a mosque and two vehicles in a separate West Bank incident, Palestinian sources reported.
Palestinian security sources told media that Fahd Oweis, 16, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the town of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. His body was subsequently withheld by Israeli forces, the sources added.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews were obstructed and physically assaulted by Israeli forces as they attempted to reach the scene. The killing followed a late Thursday incident in the same town, in which Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle and blocked ambulance access, according to local sources.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement Friday that its troops were conducting "a targeted counterterrorism operation" in the area where soldiers identified three "terrorists who hurled rocks toward Israeli vehicles on a central road, endangering lives."
"The soldiers fired toward the terrorists and eliminated a masked terrorist. A hit on an additional terrorist was identified, and IDF soldiers have begun pursuing him and the third terrorist," it said.
In a separate predawn incident, Palestinian security sources said Israeli settlers stormed the village of Jibiya, northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank, setting fire to a mosque and two vehicles while spray-painting what sources described as racist slogans on walls.
The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs condemned the attack in a statement, describing the burning of mosques as "a cowardly terrorist act."
According to a 2025 UN report, more than 700,000 Israeli settlers and 3.3 million Palestinians currently reside in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Between May 5 and 11 alone, the UN documented at least 33 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians resulting in casualties or property damage — bringing the total number of such incidents recorded since the start of 2026 to over 800 across more than 220 communities.
Palestinian security sources told media that Fahd Oweis, 16, was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the town of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. His body was subsequently withheld by Israeli forces, the sources added.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its crews were obstructed and physically assaulted by Israeli forces as they attempted to reach the scene. The killing followed a late Thursday incident in the same town, in which Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle and blocked ambulance access, according to local sources.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement Friday that its troops were conducting "a targeted counterterrorism operation" in the area where soldiers identified three "terrorists who hurled rocks toward Israeli vehicles on a central road, endangering lives."
"The soldiers fired toward the terrorists and eliminated a masked terrorist. A hit on an additional terrorist was identified, and IDF soldiers have begun pursuing him and the third terrorist," it said.
In a separate predawn incident, Palestinian security sources said Israeli settlers stormed the village of Jibiya, northwest of Ramallah in the central West Bank, setting fire to a mosque and two vehicles while spray-painting what sources described as racist slogans on walls.
The Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs condemned the attack in a statement, describing the burning of mosques as "a cowardly terrorist act."
According to a 2025 UN report, more than 700,000 Israeli settlers and 3.3 million Palestinians currently reside in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Between May 5 and 11 alone, the UN documented at least 33 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians resulting in casualties or property damage — bringing the total number of such incidents recorded since the start of 2026 to over 800 across more than 220 communities.
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