JERUSALEM: Israeli forces killed a Palestinian on Wednesday within the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officers stated, following what the Israeli military stated was a drive-by taking pictures at a navy put up.
The Palestinian Civil Affairs Ministry stated “a citizen was killed, after being shot by the occupation (Israeli forces) close to the city of Silwad” within the central West Financial institution.
The lifeless man was named as 32-year-old Muhajid Mahmoud Hamed by the Palestinian well being ministry.
Israel‘s military stated troopers launched a manhunt after a drive-by taking pictures focused a navy put up subsequent to Ofra, an Israeli settlement south of Silwad.
“Throughout the pursuit, the suspect noticed the troopers, bought out of the automobile and fired at them. The troopers responded with reside fireplace and neutralised the assailant,” a military assertion stated.
An Israeli navy spokesman was unable to substantiate to AFP that troops had shot lifeless a Palestinian.
An AFP journalist on the scene noticed Israeli forces standing over a physique metres (yards) from a white van.
The incident is the newest in a surge of killings within the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
A US State Division spokesman stated Friday that Washington was “deeply involved by the intensifying violence within the West Financial institution”.
At the least 147 Palestinians and 26 Israelis have been killed up to now this yr throughout the West Financial institution, Israel and the contested metropolis of Jerusalem.
Israel has occupied the West Financial institution and east Jerusalem because the 1967 Six-Day Warfare.
An estimated 475,000 Jewish settlers now reside within the West Financial institution in communities thought-about unlawful beneath worldwide legislation, alongside some 2.9 million Palestinians.
The Palestinian Civil Affairs Ministry stated “a citizen was killed, after being shot by the occupation (Israeli forces) close to the city of Silwad” within the central West Financial institution.
The lifeless man was named as 32-year-old Muhajid Mahmoud Hamed by the Palestinian well being ministry.
Israel‘s military stated troopers launched a manhunt after a drive-by taking pictures focused a navy put up subsequent to Ofra, an Israeli settlement south of Silwad.
“Throughout the pursuit, the suspect noticed the troopers, bought out of the automobile and fired at them. The troopers responded with reside fireplace and neutralised the assailant,” a military assertion stated.
An Israeli navy spokesman was unable to substantiate to AFP that troops had shot lifeless a Palestinian.
An AFP journalist on the scene noticed Israeli forces standing over a physique metres (yards) from a white van.
The incident is the newest in a surge of killings within the Israeli-Palestinian battle.
A US State Division spokesman stated Friday that Washington was “deeply involved by the intensifying violence within the West Financial institution”.
At the least 147 Palestinians and 26 Israelis have been killed up to now this yr throughout the West Financial institution, Israel and the contested metropolis of Jerusalem.
Israel has occupied the West Financial institution and east Jerusalem because the 1967 Six-Day Warfare.
An estimated 475,000 Jewish settlers now reside within the West Financial institution in communities thought-about unlawful beneath worldwide legislation, alongside some 2.9 million Palestinians.
