Navy installs snipers on rooftops surrounding Balata camp throughout fierce raid that killed Muhammad Medhat Amin Amer.
The Israeli army has killed a Palestinian teenager and injured 9 different folks within the Balata refugee camp, as Israeli forces step up raids throughout the occupied West Financial institution.
The Palestinian Ministry of Well being mentioned on Saturday that 18-year-old Muhammad Medhat Amin Amer was shot lifeless throughout the in a single day raid on the camp, positioned on the outskirts of the town of Nablus within the north of the occupied West Financial institution.
9 individuals are in “important situation” after being wounded within the raid, which started on Friday night time and triggered violent confrontations, based on the Palestinian Pink Crescent.
The Palestinian information company Wafa reported that Israeli troopers entered the camp from the Awarta checkpoint, deploying “snipers on the rooftops of surrounding buildings”.
In a press release on Saturday, the Israeli army mentioned that troopers fired on “terrorists”, who had “hurled explosives, molotov cocktails and rocks, and shot fireworks on the forces”.
Violence within the occupied West Financial institution has intensified since warfare broke out within the Gaza Strip following Hamas-led assaults on October 7, 2023.
Since then, at the least 815 Palestinians have been killed within the territory by Israeli troopers or settlers, based on the Palestinian Well being Ministry in Ramallah.
In the identical interval, Palestinian assaults within the occupied West Financial institution have killed at the least 25 Israelis, based on official Israeli figures.
Elsewhere within the occupied West Financial institution, Wafa reported {that a} Palestinian baby named was injured within the eye by bullet fragments throughout an Israeli army raid on houses within the city of Tuqu, positioned southeast of Bethlehem, on Friday.
Israeli forces additionally carried out separate raids in three cities within the Hebron space of the occupied West Financial institution.
Native sources informed Wafa that Israeli troopers arrange checkpoints within the city of Idhna, west of Hebron, the place they stopped automobiles and checked identification playing cards.
In ash-Shuyukh, north of Hebron, Israeli patrols eliminated Palestinian flags from streets within the city. In a separate operation, troopers cordoned off areas within the close by Arroub refugee camp.
Palestinian Authority raids
Since December, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has additionally been conducting raids within the Jenin refugee camp, positioned within the north of the territory, saying they need to crack down on the armed Palestinian resistance.
There have been clashes for weeks, with each civilians and members of the Palestinian Authority’s safety forces killed.
The household of a Palestinian father and son who had been killed on Friday within the camp blamed the PA for his or her deaths.
Nevertheless, the PA’s safety forces launched a press release denying that their safety forces had been current within the space. As an alternative, they blamed the deaths on fighters within the Jenin refugee camp.
The Jenin Battalion armed group launched a press release blaming the PA for killing at the least 16 Palestinian civilians since October 2023.
A member of the Palestinian Basic Intelligence Service, recognized in experiences as Main Rashid Shaqo, additionally died within the camp on Friday.
A PA official described the killing as an “unintended incident”, based on the Reuters information company.
