A Palestinian man was killed and 7 others had been wounded in separate incidents of Israeli army violence within the occupied West Bank on Thursday, in response to the Palestinian well being ministry.
“Samir Aouni Harbi Aslan, 41, was killed after he was wounded by a bullet of the Israeli occupation army that penetrated his chest during the aggression on Qalandia camp” for Palestinian refugees close to Ramallah, the ministry mentioned.
The Israeli army, alternatively, mentioned troops fired on individuals who “hurled rocks and blocks from the rooftops aiming at soldiers operating beneath.”
Earlier, no less than 18 folks had been arrested in in a single day raids throughout the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club advocacy group mentioned.
Mohammed Saed, a consultant of group leaders on the Qalandia camp, mentioned Aslan was shot when Israeli forces raided his residence.
“He was killed in his house but he was not involved in the confrontation; he was just trying to defend his son” from arrest, Saed advised the Agence France-Presse (AFP).
Aslan is the third Palestinian killed within the West Bank in 24 hours, and the seventh for the reason that begin of the 12 months.
Seven injured in Nablus
Seven different Palestinians had been additionally injured Thursday by Israeli military fireplace within the West Bank metropolis of Nablus.
A ministry assertion mentioned its medics handled seven folks injured by fireplace from Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, the official Palestine TV mentioned that the Israeli military detained 4 Palestinians throughout its army operation within the outdated city of Nablus.
Earlier within the day, Israeli forces pushed into Nablus from a number of entrances amid gunfire, witnesses mentioned.
Israeli forces have repeatedly carried out raids into Nablus searching for members of an armed group often called the Lions’ Den, which emerged within the occupied West Bank final 12 months.
Israel blames the Lions’ Den group for assaults on Israeli targets, together with the demise of an Israeli soldier in October final 12 months.
On Wednesday, an Israeli civilian shot lifeless a 19-year-old Palestinian who had allegedly knifed an Israeli close to a settlement within the southern West Bank.
The incident got here hours after Israeli troops killed one other Palestinian man in a firefight throughout an incursion by Israeli forces into the northern metropolis of Nablus.
A surge in bloodshed final 12 months noticed no less than 26 Israelis and 200 Palestinians killed throughout Israel and the West Bank, in response to an AFP tally.
More than 150 of the fatalities had been within the West Bank.
After a collection of assaults concentrating on Israelis final March and April, Israeli forces stepped up raids within the northern cities of Jenin and Nablus, bastions of armed Palestinian factions within the West Bank.
