Three Palestinian youths shot dead by Israeli forces in the West Bank

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Two Palestinians, aged 23 and 24, were killed this Saturday by shots fired by Israeli forces. after opening fire on soldiers in the occupied West Bank, in an army raid on the city of Jaba, south of Jenin, in the West Bank. In addition to these two young men, a third 19-year-old Palestinian has died from injuries suffered during an armed confrontation with Israeli soldiers two weeks ago, also in the northern West Bank.

The Israeli Army reported in a statement that its troops were carrying out “anti-terrorism activities” when “suspects opened fire on them from a moving vehicle.” Given this, a military spokesman explained, the soldiers fired at them. Later, they searched the vehicle and confiscated an M-16 rifle. Local media identified the deceased youths as members of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group.

spiral of violence

The occupied West Bank has been in a spiral of violence in the area since Israel launched its “Breaking the Wave” operation last March following a series of deadly attacks by Palestinians and Israeli Arabs.

This operation consists of daily raids, almost always at night and especially in the Jenin and Nablus areas -bastions of Palestinian militias-, which lead to armed confrontations and frequently result in deaths, often civilians, and arrests of Palestinians. terrorist suspects.

With today’s deaths, the number of fatalities in Palestinian territory by the Israeli Armed Forces since the beginning of the year is twelve, including three minors, after 2022 was the deadliest year for the Palestinian population of the West Bank since 2006, according to the Ministry of Health.