The Israeli army said Thursday that security forces are raiding the homes of those accused of killing an Israeli officer on Wednesday in the West Bank.
The Israeli military said: “Meanwhile, security forces are raiding terrorists who killed the late Major Bar Falah and arresting wanted people in the Judea and Samaria regions (the Israeli designation for the West Bank).” .
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health announced the killing of a Palestinian boy on Thursday during clashes with the Israeli army in the northern West Bank, which has been the scene of tensions for months.
The ministry said Uday Salah, 17, was killed “from being shot in the head” by Israeli forces during an operation in the village of Kafr Dan, near Jenin in the West Bank. Agency Palestinian News (Wafa).
On Wednesday, an Israeli officer and two Palestinian gunmen were killed during a machine gun fight between the gunmen and an Israeli military force near the northern West Bank village of Al-Jalama, according to the Al-Hurra correspondent.
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid threatened to respond to what he described as an “escalation plan” by the Palestinian Authority.
Lapid said on Wednesday that “one of the terrorists works in the intelligence services of the Palestinian Authority. This is an escalation plan. Where the authority does not keep order, we will not hesitate to act.”
He added: “The army and Shin Bet are ready for any scenario to prevent terrorism. They are ready in all areas, along with the police on the contact line. Israel will seriously harm anyone who tries to harm it.”
During the bloody clashes on Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the killing of two people, Ahmed Ayman Abed (23) and Abdul Rahman Hani Abed (22), from the village of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin.
A Palestinian security source confirmed to AFP that Ahmed Abed was a member of Palestinian military intelligence in the northern city of Qalqilya.
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