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Palestinian health ministry says Israeli forces killed 14-year-old boy in West Bank

The Israeli military says soldiers fired to stop stone-throwing, while Palestinian agencies report two other teens wounded and paramedics detained.

The short version

  • Israeli forces shot and killed 14-year-old Moataz Iyad Daghlas during a raid in the West Bank village of Burqa, according to Palestinian officials.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
  • The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire to stop Palestinians from throwing stones at vehicles.[Al Jazeera]
  • The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported two other teenagers wounded, and the Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli forces detained three volunteer paramedics and blocked access to a wounded person.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
  • The Palestinian health ministry and relatives say Israeli authorities are withholding the boy's body, and the circumstances of the shooting remain unverified.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]

Key facts

  • Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, identified as Moataz Iyad Daghlas, in Burqa in the occupied West Bank.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
  • The Palestinian Ministry of Health and relatives said Israeli authorities were withholding the boy's body.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
  • The Israeli military said soldiers opened fire to prevent Palestinians from throwing stones at Israeli vehicles.[Al Jazeera]
  • The Wafa news agency reported two other teenagers wounded, a 17-year-old shot in the abdomen and pelvis and a 19-year-old hit in the hand.[Al Jazeera]
  • The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli forces blocked access to a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics.[BBC News]

What remains uncertain

  • The circumstances of the shooting are not independently verified; the Israeli military's stated reason rests on its own account.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]
  • Whether Israeli authorities will release the boy's body is unknown, as the withholding claim comes from Palestinian sources.[BBC News · Al Jazeera]

Sources

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