Israeli army kills Palestinian teen in West Bank: sources

RAMALLAH, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) — The Israeli army on Wednesday killed a 17-year-old Palestinian in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to Palestinian sources.
Hassan al-Shaer was reportedly shot by Israeli forces near the town of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, as stated by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry.
Local sources indicated that al-Shaer, from the town of Habla south of Qalqilya, was en route to visit friends in Ramallah when he was killed. The Israeli army has not yet commented on the incident.
With al-Shaer’s death, the Palestinian death toll in the West Bank since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 706, including 160 children, 10 women, and nine elderly individuals, according to the health ministry.
On the same day, the Israeli army arrested at least 40 Palestinians across the West Bank, as reported by the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club. The arrests were primarily concentrated in Salfit and Hebron, with additional detentions reported in various West Bank cities.
Since the onset of the war in Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli army has arrested over 10,800 Palestinians from the West Bank, amid escalating tensions across the region. ■