TULKARM, Friday, May 17, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian youth and injured a child in confrontations in raids in the Bal'a and Anabta towns, northeast and east of Tulkarm, according to local sources.

They said that a convoy of Israeli army vehicles stormed Bal'a, triggering confrontations during which the soldiers opened live fire towards local youths and teens who attempted to block their entry, critically injuring 23-year-old Karim Rayeq Abdul-Raouf I‘mair.

I‘mair was rushed to a nearby hospital and pronounced dead.

The soldiers shot and injured another youth and prevented paramedics from reaching the scene, leaving him to bleed on the ground.

During the raid, the gun-toting soldiers showed up at the family house of Mohammad Abu Yassin, who is currently in Israeli imprisonment, took photos of it and interrogated the family.

Meanwhile, the occupation forces raided the nearby town of Anabta, sparking confrontations which saw the soldiers unleashing barrages of gunfire towards local protestors, hitting a 16-year-old minor in the thigh.

The minor, who remained unidentified, was rushed by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society paramedics to a nearby hospital.

This brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire in the district of Tulkarm within the last 24 hours to four.

K.F.