Young man shot dead by Israeli troops near Jenin
Israeli forces have shot dead a 19-year-old while raiding the town of Anzah, near Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, reports Wafa. The man, identified as Ahmed Jihad Barahmeh, was picked up by a Palestinian Red Crescent crew after being shot in the chest, but later died of his wounds.
There’s been a sharp escalation of violence this month following Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call to take over most of the territory.
Children arrested during more Israeli raids on West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office confirms that at least three children, all 13-year-old boys, have been arrested by Israeli forces during an incursion in the village of Deir Abu Mishal near Ramallah.
Several other schoolchildren were detained in Hebron. Local sources told Wafa that two young men riding a motorcycle were arrested in a neighbourhood of Jenin after Israeli soldiers deployed across the area.
Israeli troops also attacked other towns and villages in Ramallah and seized many vehicles.
Palestinians were assaulted during raids in several towns west of Salfit.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian mayor near Nablus
Two Israeli settlers have assaulted the mayor of Beita, a Palestinian town near Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, reports the Wafa news agency.
The settlers attacked Mayor Mahmoud Barham and a municipal official, damaging their car and leaving both men with bruises.
Attacks by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank have injured 540 Palestinians so far this year, according to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
Israeli army raids, settler attacks reported across occupied West Bank
The Wafa news agency has reported several military raids and attacks by Israelis from illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank:
- A group of settlers fired live bullets at mourners of Saeed Murad al-Nasan, 20, who was killed on Tuesday by armed settlers in the village of al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah. No injuries were reported.
- Settlers attacked the mayor of the Beita municipality, Mahmoud Barham, and municipal council member Jamil Dweikat as they were conducting an inspection in Jabal Qamas, south of Nablus. Both were beaten and hospitalised.
- Israeli forces stormed the town of Birzeit and the village of Burham, north of Ramallah, and set up a military checkpoint.
- The military raided the village of al-Asakra, east of Bethlehem, and searched several homes without conducting arrests.
