News - Middle East: Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the central sector of the West Bank, as tensions run high across the occupied territory due to the Tel Aviv regime’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip.

The shooting, which was announced on Monday evening, occurred in the town of Sinjil, located 15.5 kilometers (9.6 miles) northeast of Ramallah, as Israeli forces stormed a local neighborhood.

The official Palestinian news agency WAFA, citing a statement by Sinjil Municipality, reported that the 15-year-old Fuad Yusef Abdulkarim Fuqaha sustained grave gunshot wounds as confrontations broke out in the northern side of the town.

The municipality added that Fuqaha succumbed to his injuries shortly afterwards, and his body is still being withheld by Israeli occupation forces.

Elsewhere in Beit Furik town southeast of Nablus, another Palestinian teenager sustained injuries from Israeli army gunfire.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) stated that its crew members provided first aid treatment to a 17-year-old teenager, who had suffered gunshot wounds in the course of confrontations in the town.

The developments come amid reports that the Israeli military demolished 33 Palestinian structures in the occupied East al-Quds last month, marking a record number this year.

Israeli rights group Ir Amim said in a statement on Monday that the demolished buildings included 16 residential units, and 17 non-residential structures.

The demolitions brought the number of Palestinian buildings razed by Israel in the occupied city to 93, including 53 residential structures and 40 non-residential buildings, the organization said.

Figures released by the Israeli group showed that 23 buildings were demolished in January, 15 in February, 14 in March, and eight in April.

Israel frequently uses the pretext of insufficient construction permits to destroy Palestinian residences, although only a limited quantity of permits is granted to Palestinians in East al-Quds each year.

Israel has ramped up its aggression against Palestinians across the West Bank since October 7, 2023, when it launched a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and thousands of others injured by Israeli settlers or troops across the occupied territory since the onset of the war.

More than 700,000 Israelis live in over 230 settlements built since the 1967 Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds.

The international community views the settlements as illegal under international law and the Geneva Conventions due to their construction on the occupied territories.

Source: Press TV