A 14-year-old boy was in a hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Thursday after Israeli troops shot him the day before, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent and the hospital’s director.
Oday Nasrallah was the third 14-year-old boy shot by Israeli troops in the last week, according to reports from the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The other two boys died from their wounds.
The military did not immediately comment on the latest shooting.
For the two other teens, it said troops had fired at individuals who had entered an area under a closure order.
It said they posed a threat to its forces, without elaborating.
Also on Thursday, the military said two soldiers were “slightly injured” and when their armored vehicle was struck by an explosive device near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.
The army said troops were encircling the city and setting up roadblocks.
Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, abducting 251 people and killing some 1,200, mostly civilians.
Forty-eight hostages are still held inside Gaza, around 20 of them believed to be alive.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 64,700 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The ministry does not say how many were civilians or combatants but says women and children make up around half the dead.
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