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 least one particular person throughout 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 situated 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, based on Palestinian information company Wafa, which additionally reported {that a} 50-year-old Palestinian was injured within the chest after being hit by dwell bullets and was transferred to hospital in vital situation.
One other 49-year-old particular person 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, based on Wafa.
The Israeli navy despatched numerous autos, accompanied by a bulldozer, from checkpoints situated within the east of Aqqaba, to encompass a number of houses and perform arrests, sources informed Al Jazeera.
They mentioned armed confrontations broke out contained in the city.
The Israeli navy mentioned it was wanting into the experiences.
Arrests amid surge in violence
Israeli forces arrested at the least 18 Palestinians throughout the occupied West Financial institution from Friday night time into Saturday morning, based on 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 every 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, based on 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 twenty years – sealing off areas resembling Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.