Israeli Soldiers Shoot Palestinian Teen in Hebron After Rock Throwing

Mourners carried the body of teenager Ibrahim Al-Khayyat, killed by Israel’s military, through the hills of Hebron on Thursday. Al-Khayyat died after being shot and wounded in his chest and abdomen in the West Bank city, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.

Relatives said he was heading to a minimarket when he was shot on Wednesday.

Israel’s military stated that soldiers fired on Palestinians during an operation in Hebron after Palestinians hurled rocks toward them. Al-Khayyat was the second Palestinian killed on Wednesday. The Palestinian Health Ministry stated that Abdulhalim Hamad died during an Israeli raid in Silwad, northeast of Ramallah.

WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency, reported that Hammad, 37, was killed at home by Israeli soldiers. U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Three teenagers were killed in the occupied West Bank last week.

Teenagers have borne a large share of the violence. Separately, a drone strike hit Gaza City, killing three people, according to health officials at Shifa Hospital, which received the bodies. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the drone strike.

Large-scale fighting across Gaza has eased since a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in October. More than 820 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. U.N. agencies and independent experts, though it does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.

@Independent reported these details, including the surge of violence this month. The article was posted at 8:23 AM CDT on Thursday, April 30, 2026, and last modified at 11:41 AM CDT on Thursday, April 30, 2026.