A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in a gunfight by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Tuesday. Palestinian health officials gave this information . The firing was done after a 'firebomb' was allegedly hurled at the passing vehicles. The Palestinian Health Ministry said that Mohammed Shahada had died in the town of Al-Khadar, near Bethlehem. However, he did not give detailed information in this regard. Israel's military said soldiers opened fire after three suspects hurled 'firebombs' at vehicles passing through the scene. He has confirmed the death of a suspect in the shootout. According to the Israeli army, soldiers were present in the area because there have been 'firebombs' attacks seven times in the last one month.
Witnesses said the boy died during clashes between dozens of Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers in the city, Xinhua news agency reported. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Ishtaye said in a press statement that the Palestinian government condemned Shahada's killing and said that killing the boy was a crime. This has violated international law.
A day earlier, another 19-year-old Nehad Amin Barghouti was killed in the West Bank city of Nabi Saleh in Israeli army firing. At the same time, a few days earlier, a 17-year-old Palestinian teenager was killed and 15 others were injured during clashes in the northern West Bank. Let us tell you that Palestinian and international rights groups have condemned the incident. Israeli rights group Beselm said it had recorded 77 Palestinian casualties at the hands of Israeli forces in the West Bank last year. More than half of those killed were not involved in any attack.