According to Lujain Musleh’s father, she was shot in the head on Tuesday when soldiers surrounded a neighboring home in Kafr Dan, which is just outside of Jenin. She was shot through the window of her home.
The soldiers “fired back at a suspect who observed” them, according to the Israeli military, after armed combatants opened fire on them.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, since Israel began what it claimed was an operation to break up “terrorist cells,” thirty Palestinians had died.
Armoured factions Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have claimed responsibility for the majority of the deaths.
According to the Israeli military, one Israeli soldier has died.
Since Hamas’s deadly attack on Israel on October 7 and the subsequent conflict in Gaza, there has been an increase in violence in the West Bank.
According to the rights organization Defence for Children Palestine (DCIP), Israeli soldiers entered Kafr Dan on Tuesday at around 11:30 (09:30 BST), which led to fighting with armed Palestinians.
