One killed as 'Israeli' soldiers open fire on Palestinians accused of throwing stones

• 'Israeli' soldiers shot three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, killing one, according to the 'Israeli' army.
• A separate incident a day earlier left a Palestinian teenager and a 55-year-old bystander dead at a Hebron checkpoint.
• Palestinian health officials say 51 minors have been killed by 'Israel' in the West Bank this year.

'Israeli' soldiers opened fire on three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, killing one, after alleging the group had been throwing stones at vehicles.

The 'Israeli' military said one of the individuals was killed, another was “neutralized,” and a third was arrested at the scene.

The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed one fatality and said another man had been wounded, though Palestinian officials have yet to comment publicly on the incident.

The shooting followed a lethal confrontation a day earlier in the city of Hebron, where 'Israeli' troops opened fire on a car approaching a checkpoint. The military first claimed that two “terrorists” had been killed before later acknowledging that only one person in the vehicle had been involved.

An 'Israeli' security official, speaking anonymously, said the driver was a 17-year-old Palestinian, while the second casualty was a 55-year-old bystander. Palestinian state media identified him as Ziad Naim Abu Dawood, a municipal street cleaner who was killed while working. The Palestinian health ministry named the teenager as Ahmed Khalil Al-Rajabi.

The two back-to-back killings add to an escalating pattern of violence across the West Bank, where 'Israeli' forces have intensified raids and imposed new movement restrictions throughout the year. Human rights groups have also documented a surge in settler attacks against Palestinian communities, often carried out under army protection.

According to Palestinian health authorities, 51 Palestinian minors have been killed by 'Israeli' forces in the West Bank since January alone.