The Israeli army injures Palestinians, one of whom is a child, by gunfire in the northern West Bank.

Two Palestinians, one of them a child, were shot by the Israeli army on Friday evening in the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent stated in a statement that its teams dealt with the injury of a 14-year-old child in the thigh, caused by Israeli army gunfire, near the Grand Mosque in the center of Jenin.

For its part, Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital announced in a statement the arrival of a gunshot wound to the left knee, which was described as moderate.

Local sources confirmed that Israeli forces stormed the center of Jenin near the Grand Mosque, deployed infantry units near the main roundabout, the Al-Sybat neighborhood, and Abu Bakr Street, and opened fire towards citizens.

Sources reported that Israeli soldiers forced shop owners in the vicinity of the main roundabout to close their businesses and obstructed vehicle movement.

These assaults fall within a broad wave of Israeli escalation in the West Bank by the army and settlers that began with the start of the Israeli genocide in Gaza on October 8, 2023.

These assaults in the West Bank have resulted in the deaths of 1,068 Palestinians and injuries to about 10,000 others, in addition to the arrest of more than 20,000 Palestinians, including 1,600 children.

Meanwhile, the genocide that lasted for two years in Gaza, which ended with a ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10, left around 69,000 dead and more than 170,000 injured.