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Israeli forces shoot dead 14-year-old in West Bank: Palestinian officials

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Palestinian officials reported that Israeli forces shot dead a 14-year-old boy named Moutaz Eyad Daghlas in the West Bank town of Burqa on Monday night (November 9, 2026). The incident occurred near an area where stones had recently been thrown at Israeli vehicles. Palestinian health ministry figures indicate that two individuals were treated for gunshot wounds while a third person was reportedly denied medical aid and paramedics were detained by Israeli forces. Israel’s military responded by stating they acted to prevent stone-throwing and potential terrorist attacks, firing towards suspected attackers.
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Story summary

On November 10, 2026, Israeli forces shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy, identified as Moataz Iyad Daghlas, during an operation in the village of Burqa in the occupied West Bank. The incident occurred on Monday evening near Nablus. According to the Palestinian health ministry, Israeli soldiers opened fire allegedly to prevent stone-throwing at Israeli vehicles; however, they blocked ambulances from accessing a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics. Two other teenagers were also injured: one 17-year-old shot in the abdomen and pelvis and another 19-year-old hit in the hand. The UN has reported that since January 2026, at least 98 Palestinians, including 22 children, have been killed by Israeli forces or settlers in the West Bank.

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Israeli Forces Kill Fourteen-Year-Old Palestinian Boy
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Israeli NORP · 13× Palestinian NORP · 4× Israel GPE · 3× Palestinians NORP · 3× the West Bank GPE · 3× AFP ORG · 2× Burqa GPE · 1× Moutaz Eyad Daghlas PERSON · 1× Nablus GPE · 1× West Bank GPE · 1×

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The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams treated two people with gunshot wounds and took them to hospital, but that Israeli forces blocked access to a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics.
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Claims (13 extracted, 2 hedged)

Israeli forces shot dead a 14-year-old in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, with Israel saying it was responding to stone-throwing. asserted
it → shoot → throwing
Moutaz Eyad Daghlas was killed in Burqa, northwest of Nablus, late on Monday (November 9, 2026), the Palestinian health ministry said. asserted
ministry → kill → Monday
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said its teams treated two people with gunshot wounds and took them to hospital, but that Israeli forces blocked access to a third wounded person and detained three volunteer paramedics. asserted
forces → say → paramedics
The Israeli military, asked by AFP about the incident, said on Tuesday (November 10, 2026) it had acted to "thwart stone-hurling and terrorist attacks" in the area. asserted
it → ask → area
"The soldiers identified several terrorists who intended to hurl stones at a highway used by Israeli vehicles. asserted
who → identify → vehicles
This was in an area where stones have recently been hurled at Israeli vehicles," the military said. asserted
military → hurl → vehicles
"The soldiers responded by firing towards them in order to remove the threat." asserted
soldiers → respond → threat
Israeli forces have routinely opened live fire on Palestinians including minors who throw stones in the West Bank, which Israel has controlled since 1967. asserted
Israel → open → 1967
The Israeli human rights group B'Tselem said Israeli forces killed at least 241 children or teenagers in the territory between the October 7, 2023 attack by Gaza-based Hamas and late June this year. asserted
forces → say → Hamas
Violence has increased in recent weeks, especially in the run-up to Israel's October 27 election, before which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had sought to appeal to hardline settlers in the West Bank. asserted
Netanyahu → increase → Bank
On October 23, Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near Hebron before being killed by Israeli forces, who later responded with a major operation in the flashpoint city. asserted
who → kill → city
Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed at least 1,116 Palestinians, both civilians and militants, in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian Authority figures. uncertain
soldiers → kill → figures
Palestinian attacks or clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces have killed at least 51 Israelis during the same period, according to official Israeli figures. uncertain
attacks → kill → figures
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