Troops kill 4 Palestinians in West Bank raid
Published: 04:01 PM,Jan 02,2024 | EDITED : 08:01 PM,Jan 02,2024
A man inspects bullet holes riddling the metal shutters outside a closed shop where Palestinians were shot in a confrontation during an Israeli military operation in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank. — AFP
RAMALLAH: Israeli troops killed four Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, sources on both sides said.
'Four Palestinians were martyred by occupation bullets in the town of Azzun,' the Palestinian health ministry said.
The official Wafa news agency said the men were shot dead when clashes erupted as Israeli troops raided the town.
'Israeli occupation soldiers fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas at residents during the raid,' the report said.
Israeli troops searched homes and businesses, and took surveillance footage from several shops, Wafa reported.
The army said troops had returned fire after militants shot at them and threw explosives.
'At the end of an exchange of fire, they killed four and confiscated three Carlo-type weapons locally produced submachine guns that were used by them,' the army said in a statement.
A soldier was moderately wounded, it added.
In a separate exchange of fire, troops 'neutralised' a Palestinian group who fired at them in the town of Qalqilya, the army said without elaborating.
Israeli forces made seven arrests in the West Bank overnight, the army said, adding that more than 2,550 people have been arrested in the territory since the Gaza war erupted.
Meanwhile, The prison service in a statement said the man from Nablus in the occupied west bank had died in Meggido prison, in Israel's north.
He was arrested in June 2022 and later sentenced to jail time for 'security offences', the statement said without naming the prisoner.
The Palestinian Authority's detainees commission confirmed a prisoner had died but was unable to verify further information.
Last month Israeli police said they have questioned 19 prison guards as part of an investigation into the death of another Palestinian inmate following allegations of torture.
38-year-old Thaer Abu Assab, from Qalqilya in the West Bank, died in November after being beaten by Israeli prison guards.
Authorities said inmates can no longer leave their cells, there would not be allowed visits, or permitted to buy food from the canteen, nor would they have power in their electrical outlets.
The West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation since the Six-Day War of 1967 and tensions have escalated since the outbreak of fighting between Israel and Gazans.
Since October 7, at least 321 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli troops or settlers, according to the Palestinian health ministry. More than 520 Palestinians were killed in the territory last year. — AFP
'Four Palestinians were martyred by occupation bullets in the town of Azzun,' the Palestinian health ministry said.
The official Wafa news agency said the men were shot dead when clashes erupted as Israeli troops raided the town.
'Israeli occupation soldiers fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas at residents during the raid,' the report said.
Israeli troops searched homes and businesses, and took surveillance footage from several shops, Wafa reported.
The army said troops had returned fire after militants shot at them and threw explosives.
'At the end of an exchange of fire, they killed four and confiscated three Carlo-type weapons locally produced submachine guns that were used by them,' the army said in a statement.
A soldier was moderately wounded, it added.
In a separate exchange of fire, troops 'neutralised' a Palestinian group who fired at them in the town of Qalqilya, the army said without elaborating.
Israeli forces made seven arrests in the West Bank overnight, the army said, adding that more than 2,550 people have been arrested in the territory since the Gaza war erupted.
Meanwhile, The prison service in a statement said the man from Nablus in the occupied west bank had died in Meggido prison, in Israel's north.
He was arrested in June 2022 and later sentenced to jail time for 'security offences', the statement said without naming the prisoner.
The Palestinian Authority's detainees commission confirmed a prisoner had died but was unable to verify further information.
Last month Israeli police said they have questioned 19 prison guards as part of an investigation into the death of another Palestinian inmate following allegations of torture.
38-year-old Thaer Abu Assab, from Qalqilya in the West Bank, died in November after being beaten by Israeli prison guards.
Authorities said inmates can no longer leave their cells, there would not be allowed visits, or permitted to buy food from the canteen, nor would they have power in their electrical outlets.
The West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation since the Six-Day War of 1967 and tensions have escalated since the outbreak of fighting between Israel and Gazans.
Since October 7, at least 321 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli troops or settlers, according to the Palestinian health ministry. More than 520 Palestinians were killed in the territory last year. — AFP