JENIN: A Palestinian youth succumbed to critical wounds he sustained by Israeli forces’ fire during its ongoing military offensive against Jenin city and its camp since dawn today.

The director of Al-Razi Hospital, Fawaz Hammad, told WAFA that the youth was critically injured by live bullets and succumbed to his wounds shortly after.

The killing of the youth, who was identified as Rashad Turkman, 18, brings the number of people killed today in the Israeli offensive on Jenin to seven.

The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said that as an initial toll, the Israeli occupation forces have detained more than 100 people from Jenin and its camp since early this morning. A number of them were released after being subjected to field investigations.

PPS said the total number of people detained by Israeli forces in Jenin Governorate after October 7 reached more than 400.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA – English