The Ministry of Health announced, this evening, Saturday, the martyrdom of the child Laila Muhammad Ayman Al-Khatib (two and a half years old) as a result of her injury by Israeli occupation forces’ bullets, in the village of Triangle of Martyrs, south of Jenin.

The child Al-Khatib was shot in the head with live bullets during the occupation forces’ storming of the Martyrs’ Triangle earlier this evening. She was subsequently transferred to the hospital, where her condition was described as “critical.” Her death was announced as a result of her injuries. A woman was also shot in the hand with live bullets and bullet fragments in her head during the storming.

Special forces from the occupation army stormed the Martyrs' Triangle and surrounded a house there, deployed snipers in its vicinity and fired live ammunition, amidst the outbreak of clashes. They also detained a number of young men and interrogated them in the field.