Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories – – AFP
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in a raid on a West Bank refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday.
The ministry said 21-year-old Ayed Samih Khaled was “shot by live occupation (Israeli) bullets fired to the head” in the Nur Shams camp near the northern town of Tulkarem.
The Islamic Jihad Palestinian liberation group identified him as a member of its armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigade.
The Israeli military claimed that “an exchange of fire with a number of suspects took place” during the raid.
A camp resident, who requested anonymity for security reasons, said clashes erupted soon after the incursion started at around midnight.
“The army had come with bulldozers to destroy some roads inside the camp,” the resident shared.
The military claimed Israeli forces targeted a building which “contained several ready-to-use explosive devices” and a bomb went off during the raid.
Following the withdrawal of Israeli forces, a photographer saw Palestinians gathering beside piles of rubble and gaping holes in a building.
The West Bank has been occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War of 1967 and its forces regularly carry out incursions into areas which are nominally under Palestinian control.
The latest deadly raid brings to 226 the number of Palestinians killed so far this year by Israeli forces. The toll includes women and children.
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