17-year-old Jameel Atef Jameel Hanani was killed by Israeli forces in Beit Furik in the northern occupied West Bank. (Photo: Courtesy of the Hanani family)
Ramallah, November 3, 2025—Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy late last night.
Jameel Atef Jameel Hanani, 17, was shot by an Israeli soldier positioned inside a heavily armored Israeli military vehicle around 10 p.m. on November 2 in the Palestinian town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine. Jameel was near the Friendship Medical Center, when Israeli forces were passing by the center, preparing for withdrawal from the town. Jameel was targeted by a bullet from a distance of 50 to 70 meters (164 to 230 feet) away and struck him in the abdomen. The bullet exited through his back, and he immediately fell to the ground.
Jameel was transferred to the emergency room in the Friendship Medical Center, when military vehicles moved towards the entrance of the center, and around six soldiers entered. One of the soldiers took a picture of Jameel, while one of the doctors informed them in English that his condition is critical and that he needed to be transferred to a hospital. The Israeli forces then withdrew from the center and from the town entirely. Jameel was then transported to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus city, where he was immediately admitted to the intensive care unit. He was pronounced dead from his injury on November 3 around 1 a.m.
“Palestinian children like Jameel grow up in a hyper-militarized environment where Israeli forces regularly enter Palestinian communities to arrest, injure, and kill Palestinians, including children,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “The United States must stop sending weapons to the Israeli military that are used to kill Palestinian children without restraint, whether in Gaza or the West Bank.”
Israeli soldiers in three heavily armored military vehicles entered Beit Furik around 9:45 p.m. on November 2, roamed through neighborhoods and conducted several patrols within the town, firing live ammunition at Palestinian youths confronting Israeli soldiers.
Israeli forces and settlers have killed 43 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank in 2025, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Investigations and evidence collected by DCIP regularly suggest that Israeli forces use lethal force against Palestinian children in circumstances that amount to extrajudicial or wilful killings.