Palestinian teen killed in Israeli occupation raid on West Bank

OCCUPIED PALESTINE, May 25 (YPA) – Israeli occupation forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager on the outskirts of the city of Nablus in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Authority’s health ministry identified the victim as 16-year-old Ghaith Yamin.

According to the ministry, the victim died at a hospital in early Wednesday from a gunshot wound to his head.  The teenager was afflicted with the injury during clashes with Israeli forces.

The clashes erupted as the forces were escorting illegal Zionist settlers during a visit to a shrine in the area, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

At least 15 Palestinians were wounded by live fire during the clashes, the agency added, identifying the site of the clashes as the periphery of “Joseph’s Tomb.”

E.M