Overview
- Palestinian officials identified the dead 14-year-old as Moataz Iyad (Eyad) Daghlas and said Israeli authorities are withholding his body.
- The Israeli military said its troops opened fire to stop stone-throwing at vehicles and confirmed that several people were hit by gunfire.
- The raid in the village of Burqa near Nablus left two other teenagers wounded, one with abdominal and hip injuries and another shot in the hand, according to local reports.
- Wafa and the Palestine Red Crescent reported that soldiers briefly detained three volunteer medics, prevented an ambulance from reaching the wounded and detained the slain boy’s father.
- The incident feeds broader concern over a sustained rise in West Bank violence since October 2023, with UN and ACLED data cited in coverage showing high civilian and child casualties and increased settler-linked attacks.