Israeli occupation forces kill 13-year-old Palestinian girl in Jenin - War on Gaza

Al-Ahram Weekly

21-02-2025

A 13-year-old Palestinian girl, Rimas Al-Amouri, was killed by Israeli occupation forces on Friday in Jenin, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
The ministry said Al-Amouri sustained critical gunshot wounds to the abdomen and back before being rushed to Jenin Government Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Her death brings the number of Palestinians killed in Jenin since the start of the Israeli military assault on the town and its refugee camp two months ago to 27.
وداع مؤلم للطفلة ريماس عموري التي استشهدت برصاص الاحتلال في حي الجابريات بمحيط مخيم جنين. pic.twitter.com/C2izvzb65H — شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) February 21, 2025
According to the Jenin Media Committee, Israeli forces have also displaced over 40,000 people—90 percent of the camp's residents—damaged 470 structures, and cut off water access for 35 percent of the population during 153 military raids on the camp.
Dubbed "Iron Wall," Israeli attacks on north West Bank cities since the beginning of this year have killed at least 73 Palestinians, including 38 in Jenin, 15 in Tubas, seven in Nablus, eight in Tulkarm, three in Hebron, two in Bethlehem, and one in Jerusalem, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported last week.
Since the start of the Israeli war on Gaza on 7 October 2023, at least 887 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces or settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Stop killing children in West Bank!
Last week, UNICEF condemned the surge in Israeli occupation violence against children in the West Bank in recent months as it called for an end to hostilities.
UNICEF's regional director Edouard Beigbeder said 13 Palestinian children have been killed in the West Bank since the start of the year alone, including seven killed following the launch of a large-scale operation by Israel in the north of the territory on 19 January.
The casualties include a two-and-a-half-year-old child, whose pregnant mother was also injured in the shooting, according to the United Nations children's agency.
"UNICEF condemns all acts of violence against children and calls for the immediate cessation of armed activity across the occupied West Bank," Beigbeder said in a statement.
"All civilians, including every child without exception, must be protected."
He added that the rising use "of explosive weapons, airstrikes and demolitions in Jenin, Tulkarem, and Tubas Governorates -- including in refugee camps and other densely populated areas -- has left essential infrastructure severely damaged, disrupting water and electricity supplies."
In total, 195 Palestinian children and three Israeli children have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since Israel began its war on Gaza on October 7, 2023.
That constitutes a 200 per cent increase in the number of Palestinian children killed in the territory over the past 16 months, compared to the same period prior.
According to the UN humanitarian agency OCHA, 224 children (218 boys and six girls) were killed between January 2023 and January 2025 in the West Bank by Israeli forces or Israeli settlers, which represents nearly half of the 468 children killed in total in the territory since 2005, when OCHA began documenting these victims.
More than 2,500 Palestinian children were also injured in the West Bank between January 2023 and December 2024, according to the agency.
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