A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces in the village of Beit Laqiya northwest of Ramallah on Thursday evening. Medical sources said Bahaa Samir Badir, 13, was shot in the chest after Israeli forces raided the village. Badir was reportedly shot in the chest from close range, and suffered from severe bleeding shortly before dying at the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah. Clashes broke out in the village of Beit Laqiya after news of Badir’s death spread.

Palestinians carry the body of Mohammed Sinokrot during his funeral in the neighborhood of Wadi Joz in occupied East Jerusalem on September 8, 2014. Mohammed Sinokrot, 16, was wounded by police gunfire in the Wadi Joz on August 31 and died from injuries on September 7 (Photo: Activestills)

The death of Bahaa brings the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank so far this year to 42, in addition to the nearly 2,200 Palestinians slain during Israel’s summer offensive across Gaza. More than 4,300 Palestinians have also been injured by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank since the beginning of 2014, as well as more than 11,000 during the nearly two-month assault on Gaza.