Troops operating north-west of Nablus fatally shot 14-year-old Moataz Daghlas, whose body is reportedly being withheld by Israeli authorities. Gunfire also injured two other youths, aged 17 and 19, who required medical treatment for abdominal and hand wounds. The Palestinian Red Crescent stated that soldiers blocked access to an additional casualty while temporarily detaining three volunteer paramedics. The UN Human Rights Office noted that recent fatal encounters involving minors occurred without victims posing an imminent lethal threat.
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The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that Israeli troops blocked medical access to a wou…: The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that Israeli troops blocked medical access to a wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics.
Relatives reported that Israeli authorities are currently withholding the body of the dec…: Relatives reported that Israeli authorities are currently withholding the body of the deceased 14-year-old boy.
United Nations monitors recorded that Israeli forces or settlers have killed at least 98…: United Nations monitors recorded that Israeli forces or settlers have killed at least 98 Palestinians, including 22 children, this year.
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Israeli forces have shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian boy during an operation in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say.
Moataz Daghlas was killed on Monday evening in the village of Burqa, north-west of Nablus, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
The Israeli military said soldiers identified "several terrorists who intended to hurl stones" in an area where stones had previously been thrown at Israeli vehicles. The soldiers fired towards them "to remove the threat", it added.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said its teams treated two people with gunshot wounds, but that Israeli forces blocked their access to a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics.
Moataz Daghlas's relatives said Israeli authorities were withholding his body.
Meanwhile, Palestinian news agency Wafa identified the two Palestinians wounded during the raid as a 17-year-old child, who it said was shot in the abdomen and pelvis, and a 19-year-old man, who was shot in the hand.
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