Army kills Palestinian child near Hebron |

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian child, shot dead two young men and kidnapped a father and son in separate incidents near the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian child on Sunday evening after an alleged attempted stabbing attack at the Beit Einun intersection, northeast of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.

In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry cited the General Authority for Civil Affairs as announcing that a 14-year-old child, identified as Majd Shaher Araminwas killed by occupying forces.

Media sources said Israeli soldiers opened fire with live ammunition on the child after he allegedly tried to stab him, although no injuries were reported among the army.

It was added that as the injured child lay bleeding on the ground, the army denied him medical treatment by preventing paramedics from approaching him, leading to his death.

Israeli forces have killed 520 Palestinian civilians, including 130 children, while 20 Palestinians have been killed by illegal Israeli paramilitary settlers, in various areas of the occupied West Bank, since October 7, 2023.

In related news, occupying forces shot two young Palestinian men and injured others during an incursion into the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, on Sunday afternoon.

Media sources said Israeli soldiers invaded the Al-Arroub refugee camp, sparking protests among local Palestinian youth.

The soldiers opened fire with rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters, shooting two young men with steel bullets and causing inhalation injuries to others following exposure to tear gas.

Meanwhile, in the afternoon, occupying forces kidnapped a father and son, while preventing them from grazing their livestock, in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron.

Media sources said Israeli soldiers kidnapped the citizen, Issa Younis and his son, Mohammedwhile they were grazing their sheep near the village of Janba in Masafer Yatta.