The Ministry of Health reported on Sunday night, “Two dead by occupation bullets in Ya’bad, the child Muhammad Rabi’ Hamarsha (13 years old) and Ahmed Mahmoud Zaid (20 years old).”
The official Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) reported that Israeli forces A storming operation was carried out in the town of Ya’bad, located west of Jenin, “as a result of which confrontations broke out, during which the soldiers fired live bullets… intensely and from a close range towards the child Hamarsha and the young man Zaid.”
For his part, he said Israeli army During an activity by his forces in the Ya’bad area, he “killed two terrorists Explosive devices On soldiers from the Israeli army.
He added: “The soldiers returned fire and the casualties were identified, and there were no reports of casualties among the ranks” of the Israeli army.
29 Palestinians from the West Bank were arrested
From Sunday evening until Monday morning, Israeli forces arrested at least 29 Palestinians from West BankAmong them are a child, a woman, and former prisoners.
“Wafa” quoted the Authority of Prisoners’ and Ex-Prisoners’ Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, saying that “the arrest operations were concentrated in Qalqilya Governorate, as the occupation arrested 11 citizens from the town of Baqat al-Hatab, east of the governorate, including a woman and a child, while the rest were distributed among the governorates of: Hebron and Ramallah.” Jericho, Jenin, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem, after massive raids, destruction and sabotage of citizens’ homes, in addition to field investigations in several towns.”
And it escalated Acts of violence In the West Bank, especially in its north, since the outbreak of war in Gaza on October 7, 2023.
Israeli forces or settlers have killed at least 777 Palestinians in the West Bank since the beginning of the conflict The war on Gazaaccording to the Ministry of Health in Ramallah.
Attacks carried out by Palestinians on Israelis also killed at least 24 people during the same period in the West Bank, according to official Israeli figures.
