The Well being Ministry says a younger man was killed and two folks injured in an assault within the city of Aqqaba.
Israeli troopers have killed at the very least one individual during a raid within the occupied West Financial institution city of Aqqaba, the Palestinian Ministry of Well being stated.
The physique of the Palestinian man, recognized as 25-year-old Adham Zayed Ezzat Masri, was nonetheless being held by Israeli forces, the ministry stated on Saturday after the daybreak assault.
Aqqaba is situated within the north of the governorate of Tubas, which lies within the northwest Palestinian territory.
The person was killed after his household house in Aqqaba was surrounded by troopers, in response to Palestinian information company Wafa, which additionally reported {that a} 50-year-old Palestinian was injured within the chest after being hit by stay bullets and was transferred to hospital in vital situation.
One other 49-year-old individual suffered bruises, the company stated.
The director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, stated Israeli forces arrested two different males throughout the raid, in response to Wafa.
The Israeli navy despatched quite a few automobiles, accompanied by a bulldozer, from checkpoints situated within the east of Aqqaba, to encompass a number of properties and perform arrests, sources informed Al Jazeera.
They stated armed confrontations broke out contained in the city.
The Israeli navy stated it was trying into the stories.
Arrests amid surge in violence
Israeli forces arrested at the very least 18 Palestinians throughout the occupied West Financial institution from Friday evening into Saturday morning, in response to the Fee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Violence has surged within the space because the begin of the battle in Gaza in October 2023, with nearly each day sweeps by Israeli forces which have concerned hundreds of arrests.
There have additionally been common gun battles between safety forces and Palestinian fighters throughout the Israeli military raids.
Israeli troopers or settlers have killed greater than 760 Palestinians within the West Financial institution over that interval, in response to the Ramallah-based Well being Ministry.
In August, the Israeli navy launched a significant offensive in northern areas of the West Financial institution – the most important in 20 years – sealing off areas reminiscent of Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.
