Of them Palestinians were killed on the night of Saturday July 23 to Sunday July 24, during an Israeli army operation in Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Banksaid the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
They were identified as Muhamad Azizi, 25, and Abdul Rahman Jamal Suleiman Sobh, 28, by the ministry. In addition, the Palestinian authorities report six injuries, two of them in serious condition. Mohamad Azizi was shot in the chest and Abdul Rahman Jamal Suleiman Sobh was shot in the head, the Palestinian ministry said.
“Exchanges of fire”
For its part, the Israeli army said it was carrying out an operation in the city of Nablus in the West Bank, territory occupied by the Jewish state since 1967, without immediately commenting on the victims reported by the Palestinian authorities. “Exchanges of fire took place between the armed suspects and the troops”, the army said in a statement.
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Young people near the house where armed Palestinians were hiding during clashes with Israeli troops, during an Israeli raid in Nablus. © AFP / JAAFAR ASHTIYEH
Israeli operations in the West Bank almost every day
Since late March, Israeli security forces have been carrying out near-daily operations in the West Bank following a series of attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs in Israel and the West Bank in which 19 people, mostly civilians, have lost their lives.
During these Israeli army operations, at least 52 Palestinians and three Israeli Arab attackers were killed, partly members of armed groups but also civilians, including the Qatari channel journalist Al-JazeeraShireen Abu Aklehcovering an operation in Jenin.
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