Mourners gather around the body of Adam Ayyad, a Palestinian teenager shot dead by the Israeli army during a raid in Dheisheh refugee camp in
Bethlehem occupied West Bank.

The video features an interview with the father of the 15-year-old victim.

With the Israeli killing of Ayyad, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of 2023 has risen to three.

RESTRICTION SUMMARY: Bethlehem- 03 January 2023. Palestinians gather around the body of Adam Ayyad was shot with a live bullet in the chest, in Beit Jala hospital, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem

0.1 SOUNDBITE (in Arabic) Father of Adam Ayyad

STORYLINE:

A Palestinian child has been shot dead by Israeli forces during a military raid in the refugee camp of al-Dheisha, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Security sources confirmed that Adam Ayyad, 15, was shot with a live bullet in the chest and taken to the Beit Jala hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Another child was shot in the hand, according to the sources.

Israeli forces broke into the camp and proceeded to raid and ransack Palestinian-owned houses, sparking confrontations, during which the soldiers fired live and rubber-coated steel bullets as well as sound and toxic gas canisters.

Meanwhile, the forces detained one youth after raiding his family's house.

With the Israeli killing of Ayyad, the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since beginning of 2023 has risen to three.

Yesterday, Israeli army killed Mohammad Samer Houshieh, 22, after being shot in the chest, and Fouad Mahmoud Abed, 25, after he was shot in the belly and thigh during a raid in the town of Kufr Dan, in the north of the West Bank.

Three others were wounded, one on them hit in the chest and reported in critical condition.

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