Palestinian boy, 14, killed by Israeli forces during West Bank raid
Two other teenagers were wounded in Burqa near Nablus, as UN and conflict monitoring figures document wider violence in the occupied West Bank.
By Larissa Bell ·
Israeli forces shot dead a 14-year-old Palestinian boy and wounded two other teenagers during a raid on Burqa, a village near Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to officials. The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the boy on Tuesday, November 10, as Moataz Iyad Daghlas.
The ministry said Israeli authorities were withholding Daghlas’s body. Reporting on the two other teenagers wounded during the raid, the Palestinian news agency Wafa said a 17-year-old had been shot in the abdomen and pelvis, while a 19-year-old had suffered a gunshot wound to the hand.
The Israeli military acknowledged that its soldiers had opened fire in Burqa. In its account of the incident, the military said the shooting was intended to stop Palestinians from throwing stones at Israeli vehicles. Its statement described the gunfire as a response to a threat and said several people had been hit.
Wafa also reported that soldiers detained Daghlas’s father and prevented an ambulance from reaching those who had been wounded. According to the agency, three volunteer paramedics with the Palestine Red Crescent Society were briefly detained while working in the area.
The killing took place amid a wider surge in violence in the occupied West Bank. The United Nations has described attacks there as reaching an unprecedented level following the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, and the subsequent Israeli war in Gaza.
UN figures put the number of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023, at no fewer than 1,143. Of those killed, 250 were children. The overall toll also includes Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers who live in illegal settlements in the occupied territory.
The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, known as ACLED, has separately tracked the escalation in violence involving settlers. It said 2026 was on course to record the highest level of settler-related violence since the organisation began monitoring the territory a decade ago.
In July alone, four incidents involving armed settlers alongside Israeli forces left 11 people dead, according to ACLED. Hebron, Ramallah, Nablus, Jenin and el-Bireh are among the places that have experienced the worst settler attacks.
