NABLUS, Palestinian Territories, Jan 6, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - The Palestinian health ministry in the Israeli-occupied West Bank stated that Israeli forces had killed a teenager during a raid on a refugee camp near the city of Nablus Sunday.

Mutaz Ahmad Abdul Wahab Madani, 17, was "killed and two others were wounded by occupation forces' gunfire during a raid near Askar Camp east of Nablus", the Ramallah-based ministry said in a statement.

The Israeli military did not immediately comment.

Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported that Madani was hit when Israeli forces fired bullets, flares and tear gas.

Medics reported that Madani had been shot in the chest and that Israeli forces initially kept him with them before handing him to Palestinian medics.

He was then transported to Rafidia hospital in a critical condition but succumbed to his wounds, a medic said.

Violence in the West Bank has intensified since war broke out in the Gaza Strip after Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel.

Since then, at least 818 Palestinians have been killed in the territory by Israeli troops or settlers, according to the health ministry.

In the same period, Palestinian attacks in the West Bank have killed at least 25 Israelis, according to official Israeli figures.

Israel has occupied the West Bank since conquering it in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.