Another Child Falls Victim to Israeli Aggression
Director of the Red Crescent in Nablus, Ahmad Jibril, announces the death of 16-year-old Imad Hashash in Balata Camp after Israeli occupation forces shot him.
-
Imad Hashash (16 years old)
A 16-year-old Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank today, Tuesday, when clashes erupted after Israeli forces stormed a refugee camp near Nablus in search of a "suspect".
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that young Imad Khaled Saleh Hashash died after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head in the Balata refugee camp.
صالح حشاش شقيق شهيد الفجر الفتى عماد حشاش (16 عاما) في مخيم بلاطة شرق نابلس عقب اقتحامه من قبل قوات الاحتلال pic.twitter.com/rlaw7swU0S
— Lana Kamleh( لانا كاملة )اعلامية مقدسية فلسطينية (@LanaKamleh) August 24, 2021
The occupation forces reported that they had conducted an overnight operation in the camp to apprehend "a suspect".
"During the mission, live ammunition was fired at troops from rooftops. The troops responded with fire towards the sources of the shooting," they claimed in a statement.