A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces (IOF) during violent clashes that erupted near the West Bank town of Husan to the south of Bethlehem.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the victim as Qusai Fuad Hamamra a resident of Husan. 14 other youths were also injured during the clashes.
The child was left bleeding for long hours without medical aid till breathing his last. The IOF then seized his body.
Local sources said that Hamamra was hit with ten bullets that riddled his little body.
The clashes broke out at the entrance to Husan town after being violently stormed by IOF troops amid heavy firing of teargas canisters and sound bombs.
Israeli military sources claimed that he was shot after hurling a Molotov cocktail at IOF soldiers.
Hamamra is the second Palestinian killed on Wednesday by the IOF. On Wednesday morning a 34-year-old Palestinian lawyer was killed by IOF gunfire in Nablus.
Since the start of the year 41 Palestinians have been killed by the IOF 13 of them in April.
