Palestinian child shot dead in West Bank by Israeli forces amid land grabs

Israeli forces person changeable and killed a Palestinian kid successful the occupied West Bank amid much convulsive raids by soldiers and settlers, and arsenic Israeli authorities presumption to confiscate much land.

Local Palestinian sources reported connected Friday that 13-year-old Amr Ali Qabha was hit with unrecorded ammunition successful a thoroughfare successful Yabad, located southbound of Jenin, and was denied aesculapian attraction arsenic soldiers prevented ambulances from reaching him.

Qabha’s begetter besides tried to scope him, but was severely beaten and detained by Israeli soldiers, according to the Wafa quality agency, which said the kid was pronounced dormant astatine the infirmary aft an ambulance was yet capable to get him there.

More than 1,000 Palestinians person been killed crossed the occupied West Bank since Israel’s warfare connected Gaza began connected October 7, 2023. Of that figure, astatine slightest 204 were children.

The United Nations humanitarian bureau (OCHA) said connected Friday that astatine slightest 14 Palestinian deaths and 355 injuries were recorded successful the West Bank past month, portion determination were astatine slightest 129 Israeli settler attacks resulting successful Palestinian casualties oregon spot damage.

According to OCHA figures, betwixt the opening of 2024 and the extremity of June 2025, much than 2,200 Israeli settler attacks were reported, resulting successful much than 5,200 Palestinian injuries.

In that aforesaid period, astir 36,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced crossed the West Bank owed to Israeli subject operations, settler unit oregon location demolitions carried retired by the Israeli government.

Ongoing raids and harassment

The deadly incidental connected Friday came arsenic Israeli soldiers continued their raids crossed the occupied territory that were accompanied by arrests, and assisted settlers successful their attacks aimed astatine driving Palestinians from their lands.

In Jenin’s colony of Raba, Israeli forces fired teardrop state astatine Palestinians, including children, who were protesting against the confiscation of their onshore and property.

Israeli forces occurrence teardrop state astatine Palestinians who demonstrated against the confiscation of their onshore successful Raba, adjacent Jenin, successful the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 18, 2025 [Raneen Sawafta/Reuters]

In the municipality of Dura, located southbound of Hebron, 5 Palestinians were detained aft a raid that included the ransacking of respective homes.

Six much were arrested successful Qalqiliya’s colony of Kafr Laqif, with different 2 taken from the colony of Sir successful the aforesaid district.

A Palestinian antheral was arrested successful Bethlehem aft being summoned by Israeli quality to the Gush Etzion settlement. Two radical were taken during a raid connected Nablus, with 1 changeable and wounded earlier his arrest. Another apprehension was reported successful the Askar exile camp.

In the colony of Umm Safa adjacent Ramallah, Israeli soldiers destroyed a main h2o pipeline, which near astir 1,000 residents without water.

In the neighbourhood of Beit Hanina successful occupied East Jerusalem, families surviving successful a residential gathering were forced to permission successful mentation for the demolition of their homes. The Palestinian families were among those forced to demolish the buildings themselves aft an bid by Israeli authorities, due to the fact that the municipality would good them much if it demolishes the building.

Armed Israeli settlers launched a convulsive onslaught earlier connected Friday successful the colony of al-Malih successful the bluish Jordan Valley, located northeast of the occupied territory. They killed astatine slightest 117 sheep belonging to Palestinians, stole much livestock and vandalised tents and different property, according to Wafa.

Israel’s program to disagreement aboriginal Palestinian state

Israeli authorities are readying to illegally confiscate much Palestinian onshore arsenic well, contempt planetary criticism.

The United Kingdom connected Friday opposed Israel’s announcement of its volition to renew plans for operation successful the E1 area in the occupied West Bank, a determination that would divided the Palestinian territory.

“The UK powerfully opposes the announcement by the cardinal readying bureau of Israel’s Civil Administration to reintroduce the E1 colony plan, frozen since 2021,” said a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson.

The program would see the operation of much than 3,000 houses to the eastbound of Jerusalem, dividing a aboriginal Palestinian authorities successful two, work the statement, and “marking a flagrant breach of planetary law”.

A Palestinian antheral inspects burned cars, aft Israeli settlers acceptable occurrence to vehicles successful the Palestinian municipality of Burqa, adjacent Ramallah successful the Israeli-occupied West Bank, July 15, 2025 [Mohammed Torokman/Reuters]

US Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch, Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen issued a associated connection connected Friday condemning Israel’s longstanding plan to destruct and unit retired Palestinian communities successful Masafer Yatta, successful the South Hebron Hills.

Amid predominant attacks by settlers and troops successful the area, Israeli authorities are advancing with plans to crook the Masafer Yatta country into an “open fire” portion for their military.

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