West Bank: Two Palestinians Killed After Shooting at Israeli Soldiers

Two Palestinians were killed today, Saturday January 13 by shots from israeli forces after opening fire on soldiers in west bank occupied, in the midst of a spiral of violence in the area that has left twelve palestinians dead only so far in 2023.

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In addition to these two youths, a third Palestinian died today in the occupied West Bank from injuries sustained during an armed confrontation with Israeli soldiers two weeks ago, also in the northern West Bank. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA identified him as Yazan Samer Jabari19 years old.

Those who died this Saturday were identified as Izz Eddin Basem Hamamreh24 years old, and Amjad Adnan Khalilieh23, both from the village of Jaba, in the northern West Bank, according to information from the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Ministry of Health.

The Israeli Army reported in a statement that its troops were carrying out “anti-terrorist activities” when “suspects opened fire on them from a moving vehicle.” Given this, a military spokesman explained, the soldiers fired at them.

Later, they searched the vehicle and confiscated an M-16 rifle.

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Local media identified the young men who died as members of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group.

Today’s deaths follow the death of three other Palestinians last Thursday, in the framework of a series of Israeli military raids on different points of west bank.

Twelve Palestinians – three of them minors – have already been killed by Israeli fire since the beginning of 2023, after 2022 was the deadliest year for the Palestinian population of the West Bank since 2006, according to the Ministry of Health.

The spiral of violence has prevailed in the area since Israel launched its “Breaking the Wave” operation last March after a series of deadly attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs.

This operation consists of daily raids, almost always at night and especially in the area of ​​Jenin and Nablus -bastions of Palestinian militias-, which lead to armed confrontations and frequently result in deaths, many times civilians, and arrests of Palestinians. terrorist suspects.

Source: Elcomercio

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