Two Palestinians are the first fatalities in the West Bank after Israeli shooting in Jenin

Two Palestinians they were shot today Israelis in clashes in the area of Jeninnorth of west bank occupied, in clashes that broke out when Israeli troops came to demolish the homes of two attackers who killed a soldier last year.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health identified the first two victims of the year as Samer Hushiya22 years old, and fuad abed25, after having closed 2022 as the deadliest year for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since 2006, with 170 deaths.

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The first died from shots to the chest, and the second to the abdomen and thigh, in the clashes unleashed in the village of kafr dannear Jenin, which also left three wounded.

An Israeli soldier stands guard Monday, January 2, 2023, in the Jenin area of ​​the northern occupied West Bank. (Photo by Alaa Badarneh / EFE)

Palestinian media indicate that Hushiya was at least a member of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and his body was wrapped in the group’s flag before his funeral.

Clashes with Palestinian gunmen from Kafr Dan occurred when Israeli troops entered to demolish the homes of two Palestinians who carried out an attack near the separation wall on September 14, killing the elder Bar Falah, 30, commander of the elite reconnaissance unit Nahal.

The Army confirmed at dawn the raid on the village to demolish the houses of Ahmad Abed and Abul Rahman Abed, who died in the shooting with Israeli troops after the September attack.

Demolitions of the family home of Palestinian attackers is a common practice by Israel, but widely condemned by international organizations as a form of collective punishment that violates human rights and international standards.

A Palestinian throws stones at a military vehicle during clashes after an Israeli military incursion in the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, on December 30, 2022. (Photo by ALAA BADARNEH / EFE)

The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Islamic Jihad issued separate statements saying their men opened fire on Israeli soldiers in the area.

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Eyewitnesses quoted in Palestinian media said that the soldiers stormed the village and besieged several houses, while other soldiers positioned themselves on the roofs of tall buildings, before clashes with Palestinian gunmen broke out.

Since March 2022, the Israeli army has carried out almost daily raids on Palestinian towns, specifically in the northern West Bank areas of Nablus and Jenin.

Dubbed Operation “Breaking the Wave”, the Army intensified these raids after a series of attacks carried out by Palestinians, which in all of 2022 killed 29 people on the Israeli side.

Source: Elcomercio