Israeli soldiers shoot dead 2 Palestinians in suspected attacks
Israel’s military said it shot dead two Palestinians in two separate incidents in the occupied West Bank.
The army said its forces responded to a car exploding at a petrol station in the illegal Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion, south of Bethlehem, and when they arrived, a man “who exited the vehicle and attempted to attack” soldiers was killed.
In a second incident around 8km away (4.9 miles), a car rammed the entrance of the illegal settlement of Karmei Tzur and a second Palestinian was killed by Israeli soldiers in that incident.
The Israeli military has mounted a large operation in both areas following the incidents.
Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service said it was treating two people who were injured by gunfire and a third who was injured in a car collision related to the incidents.
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have obtained and verified footage that is said to show the aftermath of the blast at Gush Etzion petrol station and what appears to be the shooting of a suspect.
لحظة إطلاق النار تجاه منفذ عملية مستوطنة "غوش عتصيون" قرب الخليل#فيديو pic.twitter.com/CEzLsjYtiT
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) August 30, 2024
Translation: The moment of shooting at the perpetrator of the “Gush Etzion” settlement operation near Hebron.
Israel says bomb detonated in illegal settlement attack after petrol station blast
We reported earlier that two Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank following a car exploding at a petrol station in the illegal Israeli settlement of Gush Etzion, located south of Bethlehem, and an attack on the illegal Israeli settlement of Karmei Tzur – located some 8km (4.9 miles) away.
The Israeli military now says that an attacker entered the Karmei Tzur settlement in a car and was chased by a security patrol, which collided with the “terrorist’s vehicle”. The driver was then killed on exiting the vehicle but during an exchange of gunfire, a bomb in the suspect’s vehicle exploded.
Three members of the Israeli forces were slightly wounded in the attack, the military reports. The military also confirmed that the explosion at a petrol station in the Gush Etzion illegal settlement was an attempted car bombing, and a suspect was “eliminated”.
A major search by Israeli forces is under way in the Karmei Tzur area to “rule out the presence of additional terrorists”, the military said.
Israeli military bulldozers, troop carriers storm Jenin
The Israeli army siege on Jenin has continued overnight, with our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic reporting that dozens of Israeli soldiers are stationed on the outskirts of the refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli military bulldozers and troop carriers have also been seen, as Israeli forces blew up homes in the al-Jabriyat neighbourhood of the camp, Al Jazeera reports.
Israeli military vehicles can be seen during a raid on Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday
Settlers raid West Bank village, steal hundreds of sheep: Report
Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians in the east of the town of Sa’ir in Hebron in the occupied West Bank and stole 300 sheep, according to the Wafa news agency.
The attack targeted the residents of the village of Jurat al-Khail, Wafa said.
Ahmed al-Shalaldeh from the village told the news agency that dozens of settlers in military uniforms assaulted residents, seized their phones, destroyed residential caravans and damaged water tanks, before stealing the sheep.
Al-Shalaldeh added that the violence and theft was designed to displace Palestinian citizens from the area to make way for the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements, referring to previous similar attacks.
The attack came amid a surge in Israeli military and settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, which has unfolded in the shadow of Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
About 600 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank between the start of the war in Gaza on October 7 and August 12, according to the figures from the United Nations humanitarian affairs office (OCHA).
