Ismail Samer Sharafa, 18, from the town of Beita, shot and killed near Hawara town by Israeli army gunfire. Photo courtesy WAFA
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israeli soldiers fatally shot Ismail Samer Sharafa, from the town of Beita, near the Hawara area south of Nablus.
In a separate incident on the same day, Israeli forces raided the Askar al-Jadid refugee camp east of Nablus and shot an 18-year-old Palestinian youth in the chest.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) confirmed that the victim was transferred to a nearby hospital for treatment.
These casualties are part of a broader wave of violence by Israeli forces and settlers against Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank.
On Tuesday, Israeli forces shot and killed a 41-year-old Palestinian near the town of al-Eizariya, near East Jerusalem.
Local sources told WAFA that the victim, whose identity remains unknown, succumbed to his injuries after being shot by Israeli soldiers.
Palestinian youths stand as Israeli forces conduct a raid at the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian-registered vehicle in the village of Deir Ghazaleh near Jenin, injuring three Palestinians, as the military assault on the Jenin area entered its 66th consecutive day.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that two of the victims sustained gunshot wounds—one to the thigh and the other to the lower back—while Israeli soldiers beat a third.
Eyewitnesses told WAFA that Israeli special forces infiltrated the village on Tuesday and blocked medical teams from reaching the wounded.
Meanwhile, the military assault on the Jenin area has continued for its 66th consecutive day.
Since the operation began on 21 January, two days after the Gaza ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into effect, Israeli forces have targeted the Jenin refugee camp with widespread demolitions, house burnings, and the conversion of some homes into military outposts.
According to local authorities, more than 21,000 people from the camp have been displaced, seeking refuge in Jenin city and nearby villages.
The two-month Israeli campaign against the Palestinians in the northern West Bank, which has been carried out in tandem with Israel's resumption of its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on 18 March, has caused extensive damage to infrastructure in various refugee camps and towns in the region.
In Jenin alone, local sources estimate that more than 3,200 homes have been destroyed or damaged, with 66 buildings in the refugee camp marked for demolition, displacing more than 300 families.
The Jenin municipality revealed that 100 percent of the camp and 80 percent of the city’s streets have been destroyed.
Since the start of the Israeli assault on Jenin, 34 people have been killed, hundreds more injured, and thousands detained or displaced, according to WAFA.
The toll also reveals that approximately 230 people have been detained in the Jenin governorate alone.
Across the northern occupied West Bank, Israel has killed over 70 Palestinians and wounded dozens more in its deadly assault that began on 21 January 2025.
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