Boy, 12, dies of gunshot after Israel army raid
A 12-year-old Palestinian boy has died after being shot and wounded by israeli soldiers during a weekend army raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Mahmoud Samoudi was shot in the abdomen during the raid in Jenin, a refugee camp and stronghold of armed Palestinians, on Saturday.
During the raid, soldiers entered the camp and surrounded a house.
In videos circulated on social media, exchanges of fire could be heard.
At the time, Palestinian health officials said two youths, aged 16 and 18, were killed and that 11 other people were wounded.
Israel has been carrying out nightly arrest raids across the West Bank since a spate of attacks against Israelis in the spring killed 19 people. The army said it had traced some of the perpetrators of those attacks back to Jenin.
Israeli fire has killed more than 100 Palestinians during that time, making it the deadliest year in the occupied territory since 2015.
The Israeli military says the majority of those killed were militants or stonethrowers who endangered soldiers. But several civilians have also been killed during Israel's monthslong operation, including a journalist and a lawyer who apparently drove unwittingly into a battle zone.
Youths who took to the streets in response to the invasion of their neighbourhoodshave also been killed.
Israel says the arrest raids are meant to dismantle militant networks.
The Palestinians say the operations are aimed at strengthening Israel's 55-year military occupation of territories they want for an independent state.