Israeli occupation forces’ killing of Palestinian citizens, including children, continues to escalate.
Today, Thursday 9 March, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the death of Walid Saad Daoud Nassar, 14-years-old, as a result of being shot two days ago by Israeli forces in Jenin refugee camp, in the north of the occupied West Bank.
Sixth other Palestinians were killed during the same incident.
Also today, undercover Israeli forces killed three Palestinian men in the town of Jaba’.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health named the deceased as Sufyan Adnan Ismail Fakhouri, 26-years-old, Nayef Ahmed Yusef Malaysha, 25-years-old, and Ahmed Muhammad Dheeb Fashafsha, 22-years-old.
Today’s deaths brings the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of this year to 78, including 14 children and one woman.
Killings have occurred across the occupied Palestinian territories, with the Jenin Governorate suffering the highest number of deaths.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has said that the first months of this year have proven the bloodiest in the occupied West Bank since at least the year 2000.