Israeli forces murder 13-year-old Palestinian child south of Jenin
Local sources confirm that large forces of the Israeli occupation army raided Qabatiya, stormed several houses, and deployed snipers in several buildings and houses.
A Palestinian child was murdered and several youths were injured by Israeli occupation forces during their raid on the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, early Saturday.
Fawaz Hammad, the director of the al-Razi Hospital in Jenin, identified the martyr as 13-year-old child Moatasem Nabil Abu Aabed, adding that another Palestinian youth sustained a serious injury.
Local sources confirmed that large forces of the Israeli occupation army raided Qabatiya, stormed several houses, and deployed snipers in several buildings and houses amid violent confrontations with Palestinian Resistance fighters.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades - Jenin announced that its fighters engaged in fierce confrontations with the raiding Israeli occupation forces.
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The raid was preceded by Israeli special forces infiltrating the town using vehicles bearing Palestinian license plates.
The sources mentioned that the Israeli occupation forces shot and injured two Palestinian youths and detained several citizens.
They added that the occupation forces withheld ambulances and prevented them from entering Qabatiya to transport the wounded.
In the same context, Israeli occupation forces raided the cities of Qalqilya and Areeha in the occupied West Bank.
According to local sources, confrontations erupted in Areeha between Palestinian youths and Israeli occupation forces that fired tear gas.
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