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Palestinian boy, 13, dies from injuries after shot 5 times by Israeli forces

Defense for Children International said Saif Ziad Ali Omair was shot five times on July 11, allegedly while throwing stones at Israeli soldiers in the village of Meithalun, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces opened fire from inside an armoured vehicle, hitting the 13-year-old four times in the abdomen, hand, leg and pelvis. The boy was then shot again, in the chest, by an Israeli soldier who stepped out of the armoured car and shot the teenager as he lay, grievously injured, on the ground.

Saif succumbed to his wounds on July 23, the child rights group said.

Israeli soldiers and armed settlers have now killed 58 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank so far this year, and a total of 139 have been killed since October 7, the group said.

Source: Al Jazeera