Israeli forces fatally shoot Palestinian child during Jenin raid

Israeli forces have shot and martyred a Palestinian child during a raid on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said a 16-year-old girl named Janna Essam Zakarneh was martyred in the overnight raid on the eastern neighborhood of Jenin.

Local sources said the child was targeted by an Israeli sniper while she was on the roof of her home.

Israeli forces also arrested three Palestinians during the raid.

The attack sparked “fierce” clashes between Israeli troops and Palestinian fighters, with the armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, saying resistance fighters launched “a heavy barrage of bullets and explosive devices” at the Israeli forces in the area of Albayadr in the eastern neighborhood.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the clashes left a Palestinian man injured, while the Palestine Red Crescent Society said its medical staff dealt with three injuries.

Israeli forces have recently been conducting overnight raids and killings in the northern occupied West Bank, mainly in the cities of Jenin and Nablus, where new groups of Palestinian resistance fighters have been formed.

Over 210 Palestinian have been martyred by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip since the beginning of the year.

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