Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid in northern occupied West Bank

About 50 Palestinians are arrested by Israeli forces, including two suspects allegedly involved in shooting attack on Monday.

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during a raid in a town in the northern occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials say.

Othman Abu Khoruj, 17, was fatally shot in the head during a raid on the town of Zababdeh, south of Jenin, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said.

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Israeli forces had entered Zababdeh to make an arrest.

Yousef Sharqawi, a Palestinian who works at a local supermarket, told Al Jazeera that 12 Israeli military vehicles had entered the town, looking for his younger cousin Yazan Sharqawi.

“They surrounded two of our family homes, then proceeded to enter, searching for Yazan,” Sharqawi said. “His father told them he was not in the house, so they made him call Yazan on the phone.”

The younger Sharqawi, 24, was working at a bakery and was promptly arrested as soon as he arrived home/

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