A 15-year-old Palestinian child was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces this afternoon in the city of Qalqilya, north of the occupied West Bank.
Local sources reported that the incident occurred when Israeli forces opened fire on Naeem Abdullah Samha in the Sofin neighborhood east of the city. The child was hit in the chest by live ammunition, only to be accounted dead of his wounds about an hour later.
The child was initially transported to hospital for medical treatment where he was supposed to undergo an immediate surgery. He was pronounced dead of his wounds there.
Source: WAFA
