Two Palestinians killed in West Bank
Gulf Times
The father of Abdul Rahman Sobh is surrounded by relatives and mourners outside of a hospital in Nablus following the killing of the 28-year-old Palestinian in confrontations with troops in the old quarter of the city in the occupied West Bank, yesterday.
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians during an overnight raid in the occupied West Bank, officials on the two sides said yesterday, in what Israel described as a shootout with fighters.The Israeli army said it carried out operations and used live fire in several locations, including in Nablus, adding it arrested four individuals. The military said “hits” were identified against multiple “fighters” and said there were no reported wounded on its own side.The Palestinian health ministry identified the dead as Mohamed Azizi, 25, who it said was killed by a bullet to the chest, and Abdul Rahman Jamal Suleiman Sobh, 28, who was shot in the head. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported treating 19 wounded in Nablus, including 10 people hit by live fire. Israel’s security forces have launched near-daily operations in the West Bank following a spate of attacks in Israel in recent months. The Jewish state has occupied the West Bank since 1967. Nabil Abu Rudeina, a spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, called the raid an “Israeli crime.” “The entire region will remain in a cycle of violence until the occupation is ended and a just peace is achieved,” he added in a statement to Voice of Palestine radio.The Israeli army said in a statement that its operation in Nablus was carried out alongside police, and that it also launched operations in several other locations including the town of Mughayir, Ayda camp and the city of Jenin. It said the operation in Nablus was launched “to apprehend armed suspects”. At least 52 Palestinians have been killed since late March, mostly in the West Bank, among them suspected fighters and also non-combatants, including Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American dual national, who was covering an Israeli raid in Jenin.
