Israeli occupation forces summarily execute Palestinian teen in Bethlehem

February 23, 2022

West Bank - Israeli occupation forces shot dead, yesterday, a Palestinian teen, during confrontations that broke out in the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem.

Palestine's Ministry of Health reported that the 14-year-old teen, Muhammad Shehadeh, was martyred in the town of Al-Khader confrontations that arose between Palestinian freedom fighters and Israeli occupying soldiers that extensively fired live ammunition and gas tear canisters at the Palestinians.

Local sources reported that the occupation forces summarily executed the teen, prevented the Red Crescent Society crews from dealing with him, and detained his body.

The village of Al-Khader is located to the west of Bethlehem, about 5 kilometers away from it, and the Israeli occupation authorities are trying to seize its arable lands by building the apartheid wall.

The occupation forces have seized part of its lands, and built on it the settlement of "Kfar Etzion", a kibbutz that was established in 1967 on an area of 4,500 dunums and is inhabited by 461 settlers, and the settlement of "Daniel", a residential village established in 1983 on an area of 200 dunams.