Qusai Hamamra, a 16-year-old Palestinian teenager, was shot and killed in Husan near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday (April 13th), the Palestinian health ministry and city council said.

The Israeli army says it fired live ammunition at him after he threw a firebomb at soldiers.

According to the army, hundreds of people took to the streets after the death of Hamamra, which brings to 18 the toll of Palestinians killed since the beginning of this escalation of Palestinian-Israeli tensions.

Shortly after, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported the death of Amer Elyan, "hit by a live ammunition in the chest" fired "by the Israeli army", during a clash following the arrest of a person in the village of Silwad near the city of Ramallah (center), which also left six injured.

Elyan was 18 years old according to locals.

Earlier Wednesday, lawyer 'Mohammad Hassan Mohammad Assaf, 34, died after being shot in the chest by the Israeli occupation army during the assault on the northern city of Nablus. from the West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

"Counter-Terrorism Operations"

The Israeli army said on Wednesday it carried out "counter-terrorism operations" in different areas of the West Bank, including opening fire in Beita (north) and Nablus.

Questioned by AFP, the army did not say whether or not it had opened fire directly on Mohammad Hassan Mohammad Assaf.

The army says its soldiers were in Nablus to protect repair work on the alleged tomb of Joseph, the son of Patriarch Jacob, which was vandalized earlier this week when it was targeted by "rioters "before opening fire.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett also said on Sunday that he "will not let such an attack against a sacred site pass on the eve of Passover".

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, a total of 31 people were injured on Wednesday in the Nablus area and in the nearby village.

Among them, 10 were injured by live ammunition.

With AFP

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