Palestinians carried the body of Mohamad Saleh, 17, after he was killed by Israeli forces during clashes in the West Bank village of Al Yamun, near Jenin.

The clashes happened after midnight on Monday 14 February during a major Israeli military operation to destroy the home of a Palestinian terror suspect Mahmoud Jaradat.

Israel routinely destroys the homes of those suspected of fatal terror crimes, even before conviction, in a policy condemned by rights groups as collective punishment.

Saleh was killed by Israeli gunfire during a major military raid into the village of Silat al-Harithiya in the West Bank city of Jenin. Twenty others were injured.

The Ministry of Health said he died after being shot in the head.

The director of the ambulance service in Jenin, Mahmoud Al-Saadi, claimed that the Israeli forces prevented ambulances from entering the area to treat and transport the injured.

A correspondent for local news agency WAFA reported there were many more injuries from the use of tear gas during the confrontations.

Israeli forces began the operation by storming the town of Al-Silah Al-Harithiya and closing all roads leading to it, before destroying the home of prisoner Mahmoud Jaradat.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: APAwire CLIENTS ONLY SHOTLIST: APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Jenin, 14 February 2022. Palestinians carry the body of Mohamad Saleh, 17, after he was killed by Israeli forces during clashes in the West Bank village Al Yamun, near Jenin.



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A Palestinian was killed, while 20 others were injured, by Israeli gunfire during a major military Israeli raid into the village of Silat al-Harithiya in the West Bank city of Jenin after midnight.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that Mohammad Akram Abu Salah, 17, from the village of al-Yamoun, has succumbed to his injuries that he sustained in the head by an Israeli gunfire.

The director of the ambulance in Jenin, Mahmoud Al-Saadi, stated that the Israeli forces prevented ambulances from entering the town to treat and transport the injured, while WAFA correspondent reported that the continuous confrontations with the forces resulted in dozens of tear gas wounds, along with the wounded.

A large forces of the forces stormed last night the town of Al-Silah Al-Harithiya and closed all the entrances and roads leading to it.

Security sources told WAFA that an Israeli military force backed by bulldozers stormed the town from all sides, and closed all the roads leading to it and the those linking it to the neighboring town of Yamoun, while a number of soldiers climbed the roofs of the houses, stormed the family house of prisoner Mahmoud Jaradat and took its measurements.



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