#BreakingNews: Israeli Forces Kill 19-Year-Old Palestinian in Askar Refugee Camp Raid
Palestinian youth shot dead during Nablus raid.
Israeli military personnel fatally shot a 19-year-old Palestinian identified as Hassan Ahmed Jamil Moussa during a coordinated overnight operation within the densely populated Askar refugee camp on the eastern outskirts of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. The Israel Defense Forces characterized the engagement as a defensive response to an imminent threat, asserting that the individual had actively endangered soldiers by launching an explosive device toward their position.
According to the official Israeli statement, reserve troops executing the mission promptly neutralized the perceived assailant through targeted gunfire, confirming no injuries among their ranks. The operation, conducted under cover of darkness, exemplifies the routine counter-terrorism activities that Israeli authorities maintain are essential for preempting attacks originating from areas under Palestinian administrative control within the territory occupied since 1967.
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Health Ministry corroborated the fatality, specifying that Moussa succumbed to multiple bullet wounds inflicted by occupation forces. Eyewitness accounts and local officials emphasized the timing of the incident around midnight, framing it as part of an unannounced raid that disrupted the camp's nocturnal calm and escalated confrontations.
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Majed Abu Kishk, chairman of the Askar services committee responsible for civilian infrastructure and welfare in the refugee enclave, provided a detailed sequence indicating that Israeli soldiers apprehended the wounded teenager immediately after the shooting. Upon eventual handover to awaiting Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance crews, medical personnel pronounced him deceased, highlighting procedural concerns over access to timely emergency care during such incursions.
The episode contributes to a marked surge in lethal violence throughout the West Bank since the onset of the Gaza conflict triggered by Hamas operations in October 2023, with Palestinian records documenting at least 1,006 deaths including combatants at the hands of Israeli military or settlers. Israeli statistics report 43 fatalities on their side from Palestinian assaults in the same region and timeframe, underscoring the entrenched and reciprocal nature of the security deterioration.
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