Palestinian students stage a protest against the killing of Amir Halbiya in Jerusalem near Israel’s Beit El military checkpoint in Ramallah, West Bank on November 05, 2022.
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Israeli soldiers fatally shot a Palestinian 18-year-old within the occupied West Bank on Saturday, health officials said, the most recent in a string of deadly incidents within the territory.
The Israeli military said its soldiers had opened fire at people throwing rocks at Israeli vehicles driving down a road and that “hits were confirmed”.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the teenager had been killed and a second Palestinian wounded by the Israeli gunfire.
Violence in territories where Palestinians seek statehood has surged in recent months after Israel launched a crackdown in response to a spate of lethal street attacks in its cities.
On Thursday, Israeli forces killed 4 Palestinians within the West Bank and Jerusalem, including an Islamic Jihad militant and a person accused by police of stabbing an officer.
The safety situation was amongst aspects contributing to far-right gains in an Israeli election on Tuesday that put former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on course to return to power.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his concern over spiralling violence in a call with outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Thursday and with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday.
