Palestinian killed in Israeli army raid in Jenin, northern West Bank
A young Palestinian died this Thursday in the city of Yabad, near Jenin, in the northern West Bank – a territory occupied by Israel since 1967 – after the Israeli army stormed his house, where the soldiers opened fire on him. according to Palestinian sources. The Palestinian Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of Asaad Issam Al Qaniri, 28, “killed by occupation bullets.” “He was a former prisoner and was executed in cold blood by the occupation forces,” reported the Palestinian agency Wafa.
Israeli troops, together with special forces, prevented emergency teams from entering to help the young Palestinian, according to Wafa. The incursions of Israeli troops into the Jenin area, a bastion of the Palestinian militia movement, are recurrent because they allege that it is one of the main “hotspots of terrorism.”
The Palestinian Government also reported this Thursday another young man injured “by Israeli gunfire” during clashes with Jewish troops in the Al Amari camp, south of Ramallah, according to Wafa. “The occupation soldiers fired bullets, stun grenades and poisonous gases and detained three other citizens,” adds the Palestinian agency.
The West Bank is experiencing its greatest spiral of violence since the Second Intifada (2000-05), and so far in 2024 at least 130 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire, most of them militiamen or attackers, but also civilians, including thirty minors, according to the Efe agency's count, after closing 2023 as the deadliest year in two decades with more than 520 deaths.
After the Hamas attack on October 7, the Israeli army intensified its already frequent incursions into the West Bank and, since then, some 457 Palestinians have died in violent incidents with Israel, mainly with troops but also with settlers. (Efe)
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