Israeli army kills Palestinian teenager in West Bank

Ramallah: Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded two others in the West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian medical sources said. Mutassim Abu Abed, 13, was shot dead in the town of Qabatia, south of Jenin, sources told Xinhua news agency.

According to the news agency report, sources said that the condition of one of the two people injured in the attack is critical. He has been admitted to Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin. Eyewitnesses said Israeli forces attacked Qabatiya and opened fire.

More than 450 Palestinians have been killed by Israel in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since the Israel-Hamas conflict began on October 7 last year, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

–IANS