The Well being Ministry says a younger man was killed and two individuals 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 mentioned.
The physique of the Palestinian man, recognized as 25-year-old Adham Zayed Ezzat Masri, was nonetheless being held by Israeli forces, the ministry mentioned on Saturday after the daybreak assault.
Aqqaba is positioned within the north of the governorate of Tubas, which lies within the northwest Palestinian territory.
The person was killed after his household residence in Aqqaba was surrounded by troopers, in accordance with Palestinian information company Wafa, which additionally reported {that a} 50-year-old Palestinian was injured within the chest after being hit by reside bullets and was transferred to hospital in essential situation.
One other 49-year-old individual suffered bruises, the company mentioned.
The director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, mentioned Israeli forces arrested two different males throughout the raid, in accordance with Wafa.
The Israeli army despatched various automobiles, accompanied by a bulldozer, from checkpoints positioned within the east of Aqqaba, to encompass a number of properties and perform arrests, sources advised Al Jazeera.
They mentioned armed confrontations broke out contained in the city.
The Israeli army mentioned it was trying into the reviews.
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 accordance with the Fee of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.
Violence has surged within the space for the reason that begin of the struggle 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 accordance with the Ramallah-based Well being Ministry.
In August, the Israeli army launched a serious offensive in northern areas of the West Financial institution – the biggest in 20 years – sealing off areas similar to Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.