Palestinians say Israeli forces kill two in West Bank
Palestinians say Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday. As Israeli police confirmed undercover agents had killed a wanted man in the territory. The Palestinian health ministry in Ramallah named the dead men as Adam Salahuddin Mansour Faraj. 23, and Mutaz Khaled Sadiq Nabulsi, 28. smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc smc
Israeli police said undercover officers had killed “a senior wanted man” in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus.
“The undercovers entered the area near the refugee camp in broad daylight. Closed in on an event hall where the wanted person was staying,” the force said in a statement.
“As soon as the wanted person noticed the fighters (agents), he started trying to escape on the roof of the building with a weapon in his hand.
“The undercovers killed the wanted person by shooting” on the roof, the statement said, without identifying him.
The incident triggered an exchange of fire between the undercover agents and “armed terrorists in the area who shot at the force and threw explosives,” the police said.
The Palestinian health ministry said Israeli police took one of the bodies with them.
The Palestinian Red Crescent confirmed that two men killed in an Israeli raid, adding that one belonged to a Palestinian militant group.
Nine others wounded by Israeli forces in the raid
The West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has seen a surge in violence. For more than a year, but particularly since the Israel-Hamas war erupted on October 7.
At least 523 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli troops or settlers since the Gaza war broke out, Palestinian officials say.
Attacks by Palestinians have killed at least 14 Israelis in the West Bank over the same period, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinian gunmen who opened fire at them from a vehicle in the occupied West Bank, the military said on Saturday.
The military released a photo of two automatic rifles that it said were used by several gunmen. To shoot at the soldiers, at an outpost near the flashpoint Palestinian city of Jenin.
The Jenin Brigade, an umbrella group that includes armed factions such as Islamic Jihad. And Hamas, said the two gunmen were its members.
There was no other immediate comment from Palestinian officials in the West Bank
Where violence has been on the rise as Israel presses its war against Palestinian militant group Hamas in Gaza.
Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas led an attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7 in which Israel said 1,200 people killed and 253 taken hostage. More than 34,000 Palestinians have since killed, according to the Gaza health ministry, and most of the population displaced.
Violence in the West Bank, which had already been on the rise before the war. Has since flared with stepped-up Israeli raids and Palestinian street attacks.
The West Bank and Gaza, which Israel captured in a 1967 war, are among the territories. Which the Palestinians seek for a state. U.S.-brokered peace talks collapsed a decade ago.
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