The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that the occupation forces stormed the town and fired live ammunition, stun grenades and toxic gas, resulting in a 14-year-old boy being shot in the shoulder, without providing further details about his health condition.
In a related context, the official "Voice of Palestine" radio station reported that an Israeli force fired live ammunition at young men during clashes that broke out in the city of Al-Bireh in the central West Bank, without mentioning any injuries.
Since the start of the war of extermination on the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023, Israel has escalated its attacks in the West Bank through its army and settlers, including killings, arrests, displacement and settlement expansion, in a course that Palestinians warn is aimed at imposing control and annexing the West Bank.
These attacks resulted in the martyrdom of at least 1,107 Palestinians, the injury of about 11,000 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 21,000 Palestinians, according to official Palestinian data.
