Israeli army kills Palestinian girl in West Bank: Health Ministry

​​​​​​​By Aysar Alais

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) - A Palestinian girl was killed by Israeli army gunfire Friday in the northern occupied West Bank.

The death came hours after the killing of a Turkish-American activist.

The Palestinian Health Ministry reported the death of Bana Amjad Bakar Laboum, 13, and said she was killed by Israeli forces in Qaryut, south of Nablus.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society confirmed that teams transported Bana, who had been shot in the chest.

Paramedic Youssef Dayriah from the town of Aqraba told Anadolu that the girl was shot in the heart while looking out of a window at her family’s home.

He noted her injuries coincided with attacks by the army and illegal settlers in the village.

Clashes erupted between Israeli forces and residents in Qaryut following Friday prayers, during which the army used live ammunition, sound bombs and tear gas.

Earlier Friday, Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed by Israeli soldiers in the town of Beita, in Nablus.

Fouad Nafea, director of Rafidia Government Hospital in Nablus, told Anadolu that she arrived at the facility with a head wound from gunfire. Despite efforts to resuscitate her, she did not survive.

Witnesses previously reported to Anadolu that Israeli forces fired live fire at Palestinians participating in a protest against settlement expansion in Beita.

Tensions have escalated throughout the occupied West Bank as Israel continues an assault on the Gaza Strip, which has killed nearly 40,900 Palestinians, mostly women and children, since Oct. 7.

At least 691 victims have since been killed and more than 5,700 injured by Israeli fire in the West Bank, according to the Health Ministry.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio