The Israeli army admits to killing a Palestinian child in the West Bank on Thursday.

The Israeli army acknowledged on Friday that it killed a Palestinian child in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, claiming that this occurred "outside the rules of engagement."

This came according to what was published by the Hebrew broadcasting authority regarding the killing of the child Muhammad Bahjat Al-Halaq (11 years old) in the town of Al-Rihiya south of Hebron, where the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed his death from an Israeli bullet that penetrated the pelvic area.

The broadcasting authority (official) stated on Friday that "the commander of a battalion stationed in the southern West Bank conducted a preliminary investigation into the incident."

The authority reported that the killing of the child Al-Halaq occurred during what it described as "disturbances and stone-throwing towards Israeli army forces."

It claimed that the preliminary investigation showed "a deviation from the rules of engagement, and there was no proper use of the weapon."

It also indicated that the investigation concluded that "this incident is the second time that gunfire occurred outside the rules of engagement by the same group," without providing details about the first incident.

On Thursday, Palestinian sources reported that Al-Halaq was killed while playing football in the village's playground during an Israeli force's incursion, which involved random gunfire and tear gas directed at Palestinians.

Since October 8, 2023, the Israeli army and settlers have killed at least 1,054 Palestinians and injured about 10,000 others, amid escalating assaults on the occupied West Bank.

On that date, Israel began a genocide with American support in the Gaza Strip that lasted for two years, during which about 67,967 Palestinians were killed, and 170,179 others were injured, most of them women and children, while approximately 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure was destroyed.