A 21-year-old Palestinian youth was shot useless by the Israeli army throughout a raid within the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian well being officers confirmed.
“Ayed Samih Khaled was shot by live occupation (Israeli) bullets fired to the head,” the ministry stated.
The Israeli military continued its near-nightly raids, hitting the Nur Shams camp close to the city of Tulkarem within the northern West Bank early Tuesday.
Residents of the Nur Shams camp stated Israeli forces entered the camp round midnight (9 p.m. GMT Monday).
“Soon after they entered the camp, clashes erupted between Palestinians and soldiers,” a resident stated on situation of anonymity for safety causes.
“The army had come with bulldozers to destroy some roads inside the camp.”
A sports activities heart within the camp was additionally closely broken within the raid.
The Israeli authorities are but to touch upon the incident.
The killing is the newest incident in a yearlong wave of violence that has surged to ranges unseen within the territory in some twenty years.
Israeli raids, which have been stepped up early final 12 months, have fueled tensions within the area and have ushered in a few of the worst preventing between Israel and the Palestinians within the West Bank because the final Palestinian rebellion within the early 2000s.
More than 180 Palestinians have been killed within the violence, with practically half of them affiliated with militant teams, based on a tally by The Associated Press (AP).
Israel claims most of these killed have been armed fighters, however stone-throwing youths protesting the incursions in addition to folks not concerned within the confrontations have additionally died.
Source: www.dailysabah.com
