A 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by IDF fire in the village of Burka, near Nablus in the West Bank, on Tuesday morning, according to Palestinian reports. The IDF said troops conducting an operation on the outskirts of the village identified several suspects allegedly preparing to throw stones at Israeli vehicles and opened fire.
Two other teenagers from Burka, aged 16 and 17, were wounded in the incident, according to the reports.
According to military sources, the troops had been positioned in an ambush targeting suspected stone-throwers. The 14-year-old was masked and accompanied by two other suspects who were allegedly preparing to throw stones, the sources said.
The soldiers opened fire in accordance with the rules of engagement, and hits were identified, according to military sources.
Israeli security forces arrest 10 terror suspects in northern West Bank
On Monday, IDF troops, Border Police officers, and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) personnel arrested 10 suspected Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists in the village of Arrabe, in the Menashe Brigade's area of operations.
According to the IDF, the suspects were involved in establishing terrorist infrastructure and planning an attack against Israeli civilians in the northern West Bank.
The operation involved soldiers from the IDF's Paratroopers Brigade Reconnaissance Battalion and Duvdevan undercover counterterror commandos, who, alongside Border Police officers, raided ten separate locations simultaneously in order to capture the terrorists, who were affiliated with the PIJ terror group, guided by Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) intelligence.
The 10 suspects were transferred for further questioning.