Palestinian teenager shot by Israeli army last month dies in West Bank hospital
JENIN, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian teenager who received serious bullet wounds from the Israeli army last month died of his wounds on Saturday after being admitted to a hospital in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, for 23 days.
“Sharif Al-Shaer, 16, died as a result of being shot by occupation bullets in Jenin,” Palestine TV announced.
A medical source at Al-Razi Hospital in Jenin told Anadolu that “Shaer was admitted on Nov. 9 with serious injuries.”
“Shaer, 16, from the Al-Jalama area, northeast of Jenin, succumbed to his wounds Saturday after being shot in the thigh and high abdomen by Israeli forces,” the official Palestinian news agency Wafa also reported.
The death toll in the West Bank has risen to 249, in addition to more than 3,000 injuries since October 7, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
A total of 3,415 Palestinians have been arrested by Israeli forces in the West Bank since October 7 Hamas attack, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Society.
Tensions have been running high across the West Bank amid an Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip on October 7.
Before the outbreak of Israel’s war against people in Gaza, the number of Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails was estimated at around 5,200, including more than 1,000 held under Israel’s notorious administrative detention policy without charge or trial.
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