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conflict2 years ago

Israeli army fatally shoots Palestinian in West Bank operation.

Israeli forces killed a 19-year-old Palestinian and wounded eight others during a raid on Balata refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The raid was conducted to capture a wanted fighter, but he was not found. The family's house was partly destroyed, and a car parked nearby was torched. Hamas mourned the death of the 19-year-old but did not claim him as a member. Separately, four Israeli soldiers were lightly wounded in a drive-by shooting near Jenin, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

conflict2 years ago

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in Nablus raid.

Israeli forces killed three Palestinian men and injured at least seven others during a raid on the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, West Bank. The raid involved hundreds of Israeli soldiers and special forces, who blockaded the camp's entrances with bulldozers and demolished some homes. The Palestinian Authority presidency described the raid as a "massacre," while the Israeli army said it arrested three Palestinian men "suspected of involvement" in armed activity and confiscated weapons. Israel has been conducting near-daily raids and killings of Palestinians in the West Bank since June 2021 in an attempt to crack down on a phenomenon of growing armed resistance.

conflict2 years ago

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank clashes.

Two Palestinian gunmen were killed during a firefight with the IDF in the Balata Refugee camp in Nablus. The operation was conducted by the IDF's Duvdevan and Givati brigades, as well as Israel Border Police officers, after Shin Bet intelligence learned of a terror attack being planned in the camp. The two Palestinians were identified as 19-year-old Adnan Wassim Yousef Al-Araj and 32-year-old Saed Jihad Shaker Masha.