Israeli soldier kills Palestinian teen in West Bank clash

May 13, 2020

A Palestinian teen was shot dead by Israeli forces near Hebron, the Health Ministry in the West Bank said Wednesday, a day after a Palestinian stone-thrower killed an Israeli soldier. 

Zaid Qaysia, 15, was hit with a bullet fired by Israeli troops early Wednesday in the Al-Fawar refugee camp, according to a Palestinian Health Ministry spokesperson. Two other Palestinians were injured by live fire during the Israeli raid, the ministry said. 

The Israel Defense Forces said its soldiers were forced to respond with live fire after “terrorists threw stones and boulders, firebombs and explosives during the operation.”

“We are aware of a report regarding a Palestinian casualty and a number of injured Palestinians,” the IDF said in a statement.

On Tuesday, a 21-year-old Israeli soldier was killed during a pre-dawn raid in the West Bank village of Yabad when a heavy rock was hurled in his direction from a nearby roof. Staff Sgt. Amit Ben Ygal was pronounced dead at the Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, Israeli officials said.