Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in attack on occupied West Bank town | Occupied West Bank News

The Health Ministry says a young man was killed and two people injured in an attack in the city of Akqaba.

Israeli soldiers have killed at least one person during a raid on the occupied West Bank city of Aqqaba, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.

The body of the Palestinian man, identified as 25-year-old Adham Zayed Ezzat Masri, was still being held by Israeli forces, the ministry said on Saturday after the dawn attack.

Aqqaba is located in the north of Tubas Governorate, which is located in northwestern Palestine.

The man was killed after his family home in Akqaba was surrounded by soldiers, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa, which also reported that a 50-year-old Palestinian was wounded in the chest after being hit by live bullets and taken to hospital. critical condition.

Another 49-year-old person suffered bruises, the agency said.

The director of the Palestinian Prisoner Organization in Tubas, Kamal Bani Odeh, said Israeli forces arrested two other men during the raid, Wafa reported.

The Israeli army sent a number of vehicles, accompanied by a bulldozer, from checkpoints in eastern Aqqaba to surround several houses and make arrests, sources told Al Jazeera.

They said armed clashes broke out in the city.

The Israeli military said it is investigating the reports.

Arrests during wave of violence

Israeli forces arrested at least 18 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank from Friday evening to Saturday morning, according to the Commission on Detainee and Ex-Detainee Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.

Violence in the area has increased dramatically since the start of the Gaza war in October 2023, with near-daily attacks by Israeli forces leading to thousands of arrests.

During Israeli army raids, there have also been regular exchanges of fire between security forces and Palestinian fighters.

According to the Ramallah-based Ministry of Health, Israeli soldiers or settlers killed more than 760 Palestinians in the West Bank during that period.

In August, the Israeli army launched a major offensive in the northern areas of the West Bank – the largest in two decades – sealing off areas such as Jenin, Tulkarem and Tubas.