Young Palestinian, 18, succumbs to serious wounds sustained a week ago by Israeli forces’ fire in JeninUN Reiterates Position: All settlements in West Bank are Illegal

JENIN: A young Palestinian youth late at night on Wednesday succumbed to critical wounds he sustained after being critically wounded by the Israeli occupation forces' live fire during a military incursion into the Jenin area, in the northern occupied West Bank, on February 29. Medical sources at Ibn Sina Hospital reported that 18-year-old Nooruddin Ibrahim Yasin from the village of Deir Abu Da'if, northeast of Jenin, died of his serious gunshot head wounds which he sustained from the occupation forces' live fire a week ago. The 18-year-old young youth was injured during an Israeli military incursion into the al-Jaberiyat neighborhood in Jenin city on February 29. Sources reported that Israeli forces surrounded a residential apartment on February 29 in the said area and opened fire, leaving the young youth with serious head injuries. The youth underwent several surgeries at the Ibn Sina Hospital in an attempt to save his life, however, he succumbed to his serious wounds tonight. According to the Ministry o f Health, the killing of Yassin raised the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation in the West Bank since the start of the all-out Israeli aggression that started on October 7 to 423. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA New York: The United Nations reaffirmed its longstanding position today that all Israeli settlements, both existing and planned, are illegal under international law. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric stressed that the UN's stance on this issue remains unchanged, and the organization does not believe settlements contribute in any way to achieving a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. These statements come in response to an Israeli minister's announcement today regarding the Israeli authorities taking another step towards building nearly 3,500 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank. Source: Jordan News Agency