Two Palestinians, including a teenager, were killed by Israeli gunfire in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Adel Dawoud, 14, died of gunshot wounds to the head inflicted in the afternoon in Qalqilyah in the northern occupied West Bank, the ministry said. In another statement, this source reported the death by Israeli bullets of another “citizen” in a town near Ramallah, without immediately identifying him.
Near Qalqilyah, “Israeli soldiers saw a suspect throwing Molotov cocktails at them,” the Israeli army said. “The soldiers responded by opening fire,” he added, adding that he had “identified” one affected person, without giving further details.
When asked, the Tsahal did not immediately comment on the information about the second incident near Ramallah.
Protests against settlement expansion
On Fridays, the weekly day of rest, numerous demonstrations are held in the West Bank, a Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 by the Jewish state, to protest against the expansion of Israeli settlements, considered illegal under international law. These demonstrations are often accompanied by clashes with the Israeli army.
It has also stepped up operations in the West Bank in the wake of a wave of anti-Israeli attacks that have left 20 dead since mid-March.
On Wednesday, a Palestinian was killed during a military operation in the north of the occupied West Bank, a region dominated by high tensions and where Israeli incursions are concentrated.
These Israeli operations, punctuated by clashes with the population, also caused dozens of deaths on the Palestinian side, including members of armed groups but also civilians, including the American-Palestinian Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who covered a raid in May in the Jenin Palestinian refugee camp.
Source: BFM TV
