Israel’s occupation forces killed at least eight Palestinians on Friday. Among them were two teenagers in the occupied West Bank. It is a place where basic services barely exist and where young boys die before they get a chance to live.
Witnesses said the teenagers were simply standing on the street when Israeli soldiers opened fire during a raid. There was no clash, no stones, no threat. A friend who watched one of the boys die said he was shot in the heart and fell instantly. These children were not fighters. They were victims of a system that treats every Palestinian life as disposable.
What is happening is not isolated. It is part of a long pattern. A pattern of force, silence and a world that watches from a safe distance. Global powers talk about international law, yet their statements carry no weight when Palestinian children are buried with bullet wounds. They repeat concerns, express worries, and then move on. And leaving Palestinians to face another night of raids, drones, and grief.
In southern Gaza, the Israeli army claimed it killed five Palestinians on Friday,
again using the same line it always uses: ‘immediate threat’. Even after Palestinian groups declared a halt to their activities following the ceasefire, Israel continues to use this excuse to justify killing people living under siege.
A hospital official said another Palestinian was shot near Khan Yunis. The violence never pauses; it only changes direction. Beyond Gaza and the West Bank, the Israeli military also admitted that its strike on the Ain al-Helweh refugee camp in Lebanon killed 13 Palestinians earlier this week. Israel called them “Hamas terrorists”, as if a label can wash away the reality that refugee camps are filled with families who have already lost their homes.
The massacre continues because the world allows it. *