A two-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Saturday in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian health officials said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Laila Al-Khatib, was shot in the head by Israeli forces in the area of Jenin, where Israeli forces have been operating in recent days. Israel’s military said it was reviewing the incident. It said its forces had fired at militants who had barricaded themselves behind a structure, and it was aware of reports that an uninvolved civilian had been hurt.

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