Palestinian teenager killed during Israeli operation near Nablus

A 14-year-old Palestinian boy, Moataz Daghlas, was shot dead during an Israeli military operation in Burqa, near Nablus, Palestinian officials say. The Israeli military said soldiers fired at people they identified as intending to throw stones, to remove a threat; the incident comes amid continuing deaths and disputes over the use of lethal force in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated two people with gunshot wounds, while Israeli forces blocked access to a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics. Wafa reported that the wounded were a 17-year-old shot in the abdomen and pelvis and a 19-year-old shot in the hand; Daghlas’s relatives said authorities were withholding his body. The UN says at least 98 Palestinians, including 22 children, and six Israelis have been killed in the West Bank since the start of the year; it has also said children killed in confrontations had not posed an imminent threat to life.