On November 5, 2025, Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy at the main entrance to the Palestinian town of Al-Yamoun, northwest of Jenin.

Israeli forces in several armored military vehicles entered Al-Yamoun around 10 p.m., roamed through neighborhoods and conducted several patrols within the town, firing live ammunition at Palestinian youths confronting Israeli soldiers.

A video showing Murad’s bloodstained cap, pierced by four bullet holes, indicates that the soldiers shot him several times in the head.

According to Defense for Children - Palestine

Murad Fawzi Yousef Abu Seifen, 15, was shot by Israeli forces around 10:45 p.m. on November 5. He was allegedly participated in confrontations with Israeli forces alongside other young Palestinians who were throwing stones and Molotov cocktails toward a heavily armored Israeli military vehicle during an Israeli military incursion into Al-Yamoun when he was shot from a distance of about 60 to 80 meters (197 to 262 feet) away.

The Israeli forces approached the spot where Murad had fallen and covered his body with a blanket. They remained near him for around half an hour, during which a Palestinian ambulance tried to reach Murad, but the soldiers stopped it from getting through. The soldiers took Murad body, placed him in a military vehicle, and drove out of the town.

Murad’s family received a phone call from the Palestinian Liaison Office around 1 a.m., November 6, informing them that their child had been killed by Israeli forces. As Israeli authorities have confiscated Murad’s body, DCIP is not able to verify the location or number of bullet wounds that Murad sustained. “Israeli forces destroyed evidence of their attack on Murad and transported his body to an unknown location, withholding it from his family,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Even in death, Palestinian children are not safe from Israeli soldiers. We demand that Israeli authorities return Murad’s body to his family immediately.”

Abduction of the Palestinian bodies:

Israeli forces have withheld the bodies of at least 54 Palestinian children since June 2016, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Six of the children’s bodies have since been released to their families, while 48 Palestinian children’s bodies remain withheld by Israeli authorities. Israel’s practice of withholding Palestinian bodies is a form of collective punishment, a flagrant violation of international humanitarian law, and deprives Palestinian families of the ability to lay their children to rest. In September 2019, the Israeli Supreme Court approved the practice of confiscating human remains after several legal challenges to the policy. On November 27, 2019, Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett ordered all bodies of Palestinians alleged to have attacked Israeli citizens or soldiers to be withheld and not returned to their families. Israel is the only country in the world with such a policy of confiscating human remains, according to Adalah.