Two Palestinian youths were killed today by fire from Israeli troops in the Jalazun refugee camp in the Ramallah area, in another night of violence in the occupied West Bank, with 16 Palestinians detained in raids at different locations.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has confirmed the death of the two young men, identified by Palestinian media as Khaled Anbar Al Dabas and Basel al Basbus, who were shot by the Israeli Army after attempting to carry out a hit-and-run of soldiers.
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“Soldiers operated in the Jalazun camp and detained a suspect of terrorist activity. During the operation, two suspects tried to carry out a ramming attack against IDF troops. The soldiers returned fire and neutralized the two suspects.confirmed a military spokesman.
The spokesman also said that during the night raids were carried out in different parts of the occupied West Bank, especially in the Nablus area, in which 16 “suspected of participating in terrorist activities” were detained.
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In so far this year, Some 110 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank alone – the highest number since 2015.– as a result of raids, operations or incidents with Israeli troops, which have intensified in recent weeks amid an upsurge in violence in the area.
Last week four Palestinian militiamen were killed in an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank, sparking riots and altercations between Palestinians and Israeli troops throughout the region on what was the most violent day of the year in the zone.
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the israeli army has doubled its troops in the West Bank to improve surveillance in the face of what they describe as a “new wave of terrorism”, while armed Palestinian youth, not necessarily linked to traditional militias, defend armed resistance as the only way out of the occupation.
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