Violence escalates between Israelis and Palestinians in the West Bank

Posted in: 09/15/2022 – 16:51

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A Palestinian boy was shot dead by the Israeli army on Thursday, as a military force stormed the city of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, new indication of the growing bloody. episodes of violence that raise fears of escalation.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy on Thursday during the clashes that took place. in the West Bank The area that has witnessed armed clashes in recent months.

The ministry said Uday Salah, 17, “died from being shot in the head” by Israeli forces during an operation in the village of Kafr Dan, near Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.

The pace of violence in the West Bank has increased in recent months, as Israel has stepped up its raids, while Palestinians have carried out attacks on its streets.

And he said Israeli army His soldiers were targeted across Jenin, which witnessed frequent raids, during a raid on the homes of Palestinians who participated in a clash yesterday, Wednesday, which resulted in the killing of an Israeli officer and two men. Palestinian armed.

The army added: “The suspected militants threw explosive devices and Molotov cocktails and fired at the soldiers. In response, the soldiers fired at the suspects. Wounds were observed.”

For its part, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah movement, claimed that “its mujahideen are engaged in an armed confrontation with the forces of the enemy Zionist army in the city of Kafr Dan in Jenin” , referring to the riots on Thursday morning.

On Wednesday evening, the brigades claimed responsibility for the killing of the Israeli officer.

President Mahmoud Abbas condemned the Israeli killings and raids in the West Bank, which saw dozens of Palestinians killed this year.

A spokesperson for Abbas accused Israel of the violence.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh said: “The new Israeli crime of shooting a 17-year-old boy, Uday Trad, from the village of Kafrdan in Jenin governorate … adds to the ongoing daily series of Israeli crimes against our people.”

He added that “the US administration should put pressure on the Israeli government to stop its aggression and not seek justifications for this Israeli crime and try to hold the Palestinian Authority accountable for what is happening.”

“Violence is violence. We want everyone to do more, we want the Palestinian Authority to do more and the Palestinian security forces to do more to prevent it,” US Ambassador Tom Nides told Israel Radio (Kan).

Israel says it has no choice but to carry out operations inside militant strongholds, such as Jenin.

“We want the Palestinian Authority to take decisive action to prevent terrorism … when (Palestinian) authority and security were actually playing this role, Israel did not need to undertake such a broad activity,” said the President of the Israeli National Security Council Eyal Holata at a security service conference in Israel.

Palestinian officials say Israeli measures are weakening the Palestinian Authority and that stability can only prevail with the end of the occupation.

FRANCE 24 / AFP / Reuters

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