Child rights group Defense for Children International — Palestine (DCI-P) has released details of the killing of a 13-year-old boy by Israeli forces earlier this week in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera reports.

The young victim, Ammar Motaz Mostafa Hamayel, was shot in the back by Israeli forces while walking with a friend near the bypass road adjacent to the Palestinian village of Kafr Malek — which came under Israeli settler attack on Wednesday night, which left three local people dead.

Israeli forces, concealed among pine trees, opened fire on the 13-year-old and his friend from a distance of some 500 to 1,000 metres (1,640 to 3,281 feet), the organisation said. A single bullet entered Ammar’s back and exited his neck, according to DCI-P.

The Israelis detained Ammar at the scene of the shooting for about two hours before handing him over to an ambulance crew who brought him to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

“While Israeli forces detained Ammar after shooting him, they physically assaulted multiple family members and neighbours who attempted to reach him and provide aid,” DCI-P said.

The boy was the 29th Palestinian child to be killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank so far this year, the group added.