16-year-old Palestinian boy killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank​

Ramallah, August 1 (RHC)-- Israeli regime forces have shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy near Ramallah.  Khaled, Kawarik’s brother, told WAFA that his brother died at the Rabin Medical Center in Tel Aviv, where he had been hospitalized.

His family said Kawarik suffered from “psychiatric disturbances,” while Huwara mayor, Wajih Odeh, said that he was "mentally disabled."  Reacting to Kawarik's death, Hamas resistance movement urged all Palestinians to stand together in the face of the Israeli occupation and escalate their resistance against the occupying entity.

“The occupation’s disregard for the life of Palestinians and its cold-blooded killing of civilians is a crime that requires intensification of all forms of resistance in defense of our people and land,” Hamas said in a press release on Saturday. 

The Palestinian man’s death came just a day after a 16-year-old Palestinian died of injuries received at the hands of Israeli forces.  Amjad Abu Alya was shot in the chest by the Israel occupation forces during a military raid on the al-Mughair village, northeast of the West Bank city of Ramallah.

Israeli forces have killed at least 54 Palestinians throughout the West Bank since late March.