According to the IDF, the 16-year-old was involved in riots targeting Jewish pilgrims.
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A 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by Israeli soldiers during clashes on the sidelines of a Jewish religious pilgrimage in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Wednesday (May 25th).
The victim, Ghaith Yamin, was fatally injured in the head “after a shot by the Israeli forces”during clashes near the alleged tomb of Joseph, in eastern Nablus, according to the ministry.
This place is revered by the Jews as housing the remains of Joseph, one of the twelve sons of the patriarch Jacob. For Palestinians, the grave is that of a local Muslim religious figure.
According to the Israeli army, “hundreds of Palestinians rioted as Jewish pilgrims entered Joseph’s tomb, throwing rocks and firebombs“.
“The soldiers responded by opening fire on a suspect” throwing a Molotov cocktail, according to an army statement, adding that one person had been “touched” and that “shots had been heard in the area”.
The Palestinian armed movement Islamic Jihad welcomed in a statement from the“ambush” prepared by its fighters against Israeli forces and confirmed exchanges of fire between the two sides.