Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Teen Near Ramallah

Israeli soldiers enter the village of Deir Abu Mashal near the West Bank city of Ramallah (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Israeli soldiers enter the village of Deir Abu Mashal near the West Bank city of Ramallah (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Teen Near Ramallah

Israeli soldiers enter the village of Deir Abu Mashal near the West Bank city of Ramallah (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Israeli soldiers enter the village of Deir Abu Mashal near the West Bank city of Ramallah (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Israeli soldiers killed, late on Wednesday at night a Palestinian teen, and injured at least two others, in Deir Abu Mashal town, west of Ramallah, in central West Bank.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said it was informed that Mohammad Damer Matar, 16, succumbed to wounds he had sustained from Israeli gunfire.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics provided the needed treatment to two Palestinians; one of them suffered a moderate-but-stable injury, and the second suffered mild wounds, before they were rushed to Palestine Medical Complex In Ramallah. Their condition was stable, the ministry reassured.

Head of Deir Abu Mashal Village Council Imad Zahran said that Matar was arrested by the Israeli military after getting injured. His body remains withheld by the Israeli military, he added.

Meanwhile, an Israeli military spokesperson said that soldiers on Wednesday had "spotted a cell, whose members were carrying flammable materials used to prepare firebombs near the Palestinian village of village of Deir Abu Mashaal".

The village is near a road used by settlers to reach their settlements in the West Bank. These roads usually witness clashes where Palestinians throw stones on the army and settlers while they attack Palestinian passers-by in their turn.



Turkish Official: No Ceasefire Deal between Türkiye and US Backed SDF in Northern Syria

Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand along a street, after opposition forces seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Hasakah, Syria December 11, 2024. (Reuters)
Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand along a street, after opposition forces seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Hasakah, Syria December 11, 2024. (Reuters)
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Turkish Official: No Ceasefire Deal between Türkiye and US Backed SDF in Northern Syria

Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand along a street, after opposition forces seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Hasakah, Syria December 11, 2024. (Reuters)
Members of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stand along a street, after opposition forces seized the capital and ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Hasakah, Syria December 11, 2024. (Reuters)

There is no ceasefire deal between Türkiye and the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria, contrary to a US announcement on the issue, a Turkish defense ministry official said on Thursday.
Türkiye believes that the Türkiye-backed Syrian National Army (SNA) forces will "liberate" areas occupied by the Kurdish PKK/YPG militia in northern Syria, the official also said.
The SDF is an ally in the US coalition against ISIS militants. It is spearheaded by the YPG, a group that Ankara sees as an extension of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), whose militant fighters have battled the Turkish state for 40 years.