The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Wednesday that Israeli forces had shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian boy during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.
"A child arrived at the Red Crescent Hospital in Hebron with a live-bullet wound to the abdomen. He was 14 years old and was pronounced dead," the organisation said, adding in a separate statement that he had been shot by "Israeli army bullets".
Hours earlier, Israeli forces also killed a 37-year-old Palestinian man during a raid in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, Israel's military and the Palestinian health ministry said.
Official Palestinian news agency Wafa said Abdel Halim Hammad was killed in his home when soldiers raided it at night.
Wafa added that Hammad's brother, Mohammad Hammad, was also killed by Israeli forces in 2021, with his body held by Israeli authorities since.
The killings come as the UN warns of escalating violence in the occupied West Bank, calling the situation “intolerable.”
“I also want to tell you that we continue to monitor the latest developments in the West Bank very closely, be they Israeli settler attacks or Israeli security operations,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Wednesday.
“The situation in the West Bank is not only concerning, it is intolerable,” Dujarric added.
He stressed that such activities run counter to Israel’s obligations under international law, particularly regarding its "unlawful continued presence” in the occupied Palestinian territory.
“They also undermine the Palestinian Authority,” he added.
The remarks came after Israel approved on Wednesday the construction of 126 illegal settlement units in Jenin in the northern West Bank.
