Israel's army says an Israeli national has been found dead in a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank Israel’s army said, as violence surges in the occupied territory. The army said the Israeli national was pronounced dead after being fatally shot in the town of Qalqilya, and that Israeli troops were currently operating in the area.
The army said the man was pronounced dead after being fatally shot in the town of Qalqilya, and that Israel i troops were currently operating in the area. Saturday’s announcement came a day after Israel i forces shot dead two militants in the same West Bank town.erupted last October. Since then, at least 549 Palestinians in the territory have been killed by Israel i fire say the Palestinian Health Ministry, which tracks the killings.
Israeli nationals are prohibited from entering Qalqilya and other areas of the West Bank that fall under the under the control of the Palestinian Authority.on Palestinian towns in the territory. The The army said the boy was murdered, and later arrested a Palestinian in connection with the killing.
Over recent years, the PA’s influence in the northern West Bank has waned as militant groups have grown increasingly powerful. The Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7. when Hamas militants stormed southern Israel and killed around 1,200 people and took hostage some 250 others. Israel has responded by bombarding and invading the enclave, killing over 37, 400 Palestinians there according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians seek those territories as part of their hoped-for independent state.
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