According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, 16-year-old Omar Abu Bakr was fatally shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers during an incursion into the village of Yabad near Jenin on Wednesday.
Another casualty, 24-year-old Abdul Nasser Mustafa Riyahi, succumbed to wounds sustained after being shot during an Israeli forces raid on the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus.
Clashes erupted as Israeli forces stormed the camp and surrounded a house, leading to confrontations where live fire was used, injuring four Palestinians. One of the injured later died, reported Palestine’s WAFA news agency.
Earlier on the same day, two Palestinians were killed during clashes in Tamun and the nearby Al-Fara’a refugee villages in the West Bank. The victims were identified as 16-year-old Abdul Rahman Imad Khaled Bani Odeh and 23-year-old Moath Ibrahim Zahran.
In a separate incident, Israeli forces raided the Dheisheh refugee camp near Bethlehem, injuring three Palestinians, one critically, as per the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Since initiating a war on Gaza on October 7, Israel has escalated its attacks in the West Bank. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported at least 262 Palestinians killed and thousands injured by Israeli troops in the West Bank during the Gaza conflict.
In Gaza, over 16,000 Palestinians, including thousands of children and women, have been killed attacks, and nearly 1.9 million displaced, due to the ongoing Israeli violence.