Israel raid on the West Bank region during the Nekba 20th anniversary day within the last week. During the raid, many innocent civilians were injured and some Palestinian were killed in the process of the raid.
The raid also killed a veteran journalist Shireen Abu Akleh during the raid and currently there's protest are over Europe, North Africa and the United States.
The anniversary was in commemoration of the raid that killed several people in the West Bank region 20 years ago. Although, it's usually a peaceful protest that at some point turn into chaos. Since this year's anniversary marked a 20 years epoch, the Palestinians came out in mass to commemorate the deadly incidents.
Israeli troops shot and killed a teenage Palestinian boy as they raided the northern city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and local media said.
The health ministry identified the dead teen as Amjad al-Fayyed, 17. It said an 18-year-old Palestinian was in a critical condition after being wounded by Israeli gunfire.Source
The victim of the said Israeli shootout is known as Amjad al-Fayyed aged 17, while another teenager was badly injured during the raid. The victims were rushed to the nearest hospital for medical attention, but during the process, one of them died.
Local media reported confrontations erupted outside Jenin’s refugee camp when Israeli forces stormed the area, and al-Fayyed was hit by about a dozen rounds fired into the upper part of his body.Source
The report from locals who witnessed the incident said that the Israeli military came into the Jenin refugee camp and started firing at the civilians, while the shootout was going on, the teenager was fired from the Israeli shots.
The Israeli military said Palestinian suspects fired on its soldiers and threw fire bombs at them. “The soldiers responded with live fire toward the suspects. Hits were identified,” the military said.
It was not immediately clear whether the teen killed was one of those suspects.Source
The Israeli military spokesperson said that the military fired back at the Palestinians who started firing at them and didn't know that the victim was killed.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group described the teenager as one of its members and said he had taken part in the fighting against the Israeli soldiers. Photos circulated on social media showed him holding a rifle.Source
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group have identified the victim as a member of their group and said he has been one of the fighters protecting the Jenin refugee camp and his lose means a lot to them.
Currently, there's an investigation going on to determine the actual cause of Amjad al-Fayyed's death. As at the period of writing this post, the actual cause of the death of the teenager has not been ascertained.
