Israeli forces kill West Bank teen amid intensified raids, land grabs
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Israeli forces killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid in al-Yamoun as widespread detentions and escalating settler land seizures intensified across the occupied West Bank.
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A Palestinian observes Israeli soldiers taking position on a street during a military raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
The General Authority for Civil Affairs in the West Bank announced on Thursday that 15-year-old Palestinian boy Murad Fawzi Abu Saifin was martyred after being shot by Israeli forces in the town of al-Yamoun, west of Jenin, amid a new wave of Israeli raids and settler encroachments across the occupied territory.
بعد إطلاق 4 رصاصات على منطقة الوجه والرأس|
— ق.ض (@Qadeyah1) November 5, 2025
ارتقاء الفتى مراد فوزي أبو سيفين (15 عاماً)، برصاص الاحتلال في بلدة اليامون واحتجاز جثمانه. pic.twitter.com/T8tfugAmbz
According to local sources cited by Palestinian news agency WAFA, Israeli forces carried out a nighttime raid in al-Yamoun, arriving with several military vehicles, opening fire at a Palestinian, wounding him, and leaving him bleeding on the ground.
The soldiers also prevented an ambulance from reaching him before detaining him, with no information provided about the severity of his injuries. Snipers were also reportedly deployed on the rooftop of one of the town’s buildings during the raid.
بعد إطلاق 4 رصاصات على منطقة الوجه والرأس|
— ق.ض (@Qadeyah1) November 5, 2025
ارتقاء الفتى مراد فوزي أبو سيفين (15 عاماً)، برصاص الاحتلال في بلدة اليامون واحتجاز جثمانه. pic.twitter.com/T8tfugAmbz
Separately, an elderly Palestinian woman from the town of al-Mazra’a al-Gharbiya near Ramallah died after Israeli forces raided her family home, assaulted its residents, and detained her grandson.
Raids and Arrests Across the West Bank
Israeli forces continued their detention campaign across the West Bank throughout Thursday. Two Palestinians were detained in Beit Lahm, while another was arrested from the Old Askar refugee camp east of Nablus. Security sources told WAFA that forces stormed the camp, raided a home, searched it, and tampered with its contents.
Raids also took place in the town of Halhul, north of al-Khalil, and in the village of al-Mughayir northeast of Ramallah, where Israeli forces brought a bulldozer into the area, raising fears of demolition operations.
#شاهد| الاحتلال يقتحم قرية المغير شمال شرق رام الله وسط الضفة الغربية فجر اليوم pic.twitter.com/4VkjYyy63e
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) November 6, 2025
Settlers step up land seizures in Jordan Valley
In the northern Jordan Valley, settlers began on Thursday fencing off Palestinian agricultural land in preparation for seizing it. Mahdi Daraghmeh, head of the al-Malih village council, said the targeted area covers around 2,000 dunams.
For weeks, settlers have been fencing large areas of Palestinian-owned land across the Jordan Valley, de facto annexing and occupying Palestinian land.
In the al-Farsiya area alone, more than 500 dunams have already been fenced, while in Umm al-Jamal settlers attempted to enclose about 1,200 dunams before Palestinian authorities intervened.
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