West Bank boy killed in Israeli operation
Palestinian officials confirmed the death of a 14-year-old in Burqa while two people were wounded by Israeli fire in Gaza.
By Nikolai Patterson ·
Israeli forces killed 14-year-old Moataz Iyad during a military operation in Burqa, a village northwest of Nablus, on Tuesday, November 10. Palestinian officials stated that Israeli authorities retained custody of his body following the incident. Two other teenagers sustained injuries during the same operation in the occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa detailed the conditions of the injured youths. A 17-year-old received gunshot wounds to his abdomen and pelvis, while a 19-year-old was shot in the hand. Wafa reported that soldiers detained Iyad's father and blocked an ambulance from reaching the wounded. Three volunteer paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society were temporarily held by Israeli forces.
The Israeli military acknowledged that soldiers fired in the area. The army stated that personnel acted to neutralize a threat and confirmed that several rounds hit their targets.
The killing occurred amid ongoing settler violence and military activity in the West Bank. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or Ocha, documented more than 2,060 settler attacks from the start of 2026 through October 12. These incidents caused Palestinian casualties or property damage in approximately 300 communities.
In the shorter period between September 29 and October 12, Ocha recorded 244 attacks across 113 communities. This average amounted to 17 attacks per day. Israeli forces or settlers killed five Palestinians and injured 246 during that span, with 22 children among the casualties. Settler attacks accounted for three of the five deaths.
Data from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project indicates that settler-related violence in 2026 surpassed all years since the group began monitoring the West Bank in 2016. The project recorded 203 incidents involving settlers firing weapons between January 1 and September 11. This total exceeded the 185 incidents recorded throughout 2025. Unicef reported in October that at least 1,216 Palestinians, including 263 children, had been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem between October 7, 2023, and September 9, 2026.
In Gaza, Israeli fire wounded two Palestinians in the south on Tuesday, according to medical and local sources. A fisherman off Khan Younis and a boy near displaced persons tents in Batn al-Samin were injured. Wafa reported that Israeli naval vessels fired at fishing boats off Khan Younis, damaging two vessels. Local sources stated that two boats were set ablaze and described artillery fire and heavy gunfire in the area. Israeli military vehicles also incursion southeast of the Maghazi refugee camp, where forces demolished houses and other civilian structures. Gaza's health ministry said that 1,613 Palestinians have been killed and 5,833 injured since the ceasefire began in October 2025.
