TULKAREM, (PIC)
A Palestinian child was martyred at dawn Tuesday when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at him and his father in Tulkarem refugee camp, northwest of the West Bank.
According to local and medical sources, 17-year-old Mohamed Kanaan died immediately after being shot in the head by an Israeli sniper in the refugee camp.
The boy’s father was also injured by sniper fire in his waist and received medical assistance at the Thabet Thabet Hospital.
The IOF also broke into and ransacked a house in Ezbet al-Jarad suburb in eastern Tulkarem, attacked it with stun grenades and interrogated its residents.
As part of its military operation in the West Bank, the Israeli army has deployed dozens of troops and snipers in Tulkarem City and its refugee camp, amid drone overflights.
The IOF has killed 29 Palestinian citizens, including five kids and two elderlies, and injured 121 others in its West Bank operation, which started last Wednesday.
