Israeli Forces Shoot Dead Teenage Palestinian Girl in Jenin

Jana Majdi Issam Zakarna, 16, was on the roof of her home when she was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers, according to the ministry.

Sources told Anadolu Agency that clashes broke out when Israeli forces carried out raids in eastern Jenin city to apprehend a juvenile.

Three more Palestinians shot by Israeli forces were being treated at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, the Palestine Red Crescent said in a statement.

Three others were detained in the Israeli raids, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club.

Israeli forces have recently been conducting overnight raids and killings in the northern occupied West Bank, mainly in the cities of Jenin and Nablus, where new groups of Palestinian resistance fighters have been formed.

Over 210 Palestinian have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip since the beginning of the year.

Local and international rights groups have condemned Israel’s excessive use of force and “shoot-to-kill policy” against Palestinians.

Incidents of sabotage and violence by settlers against Palestinians and their property have also become a daily occurrence throughout the occupied territories, particularly in the West Bank.

However, Israeli authorities rarely prosecute settlers and the vast majority of the files are closed due to deliberate police failure to investigate them properly.