Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in West Bank clashes

A militant attends the funeral of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunman, who was killed by Israeli forces, in Jenin within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution March 1, 2022. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta

JENIN, West Financial institution, March 1 (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed three Palestinians on Tuesday within the occupied West Financial institution, Palestinian officers mentioned, and the Islamic Jihad militant group recognized two of the lifeless as its gunmen.

Witnesses mentioned the 2 have been killed when undercover Israeli forces exchanged hearth with Palestinians throughout a pre-dawn raid in Jenin. Israel’s border police mentioned its forces got here underneath heavy gunfire throughout an operation within the camp to arrest a suspect needed for what it described as “terrorist exercise”.

After he was detained, gunmen fired on the Israeli forces and a crowd of round 150 Palestinians threw fire-bombs, stones and an improvised grenade, the border police assertion mentioned.

The Israeli forces responded with stay hearth and suffered no casualties, in response to the assertion. The Palestinian Well being ministry confirmed two Palestinians had been killed.

It mentioned a 3rd Palestinian was shot lifeless by troops close to Bethlehem. Israel’s Military Radio mentioned he was throwing rocks at troopers and continued doing so after they fired warning pictures.

Israel captured the West Financial institution, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem – territories the place Palestinians search statehood – within the 1967 Center East conflict. Worldwide criticism of its remedy of Palestinians has been rising because the final spherical of peace talks collapsed in 2014.

The Palestinian Authority, arrange underneath interim peace accords with Israel within the Nineties, workout routines restricted self-rule within the West Financial institution, however Israeli forces are dominant within the space, the place they typically perform raids to detain suspected militants.

Reporting by Ali Sawafta in Ramallah, Nidal Al Mughrabi in Gaza and Maayan Lubell in Jerusalem and Henriette Chacar in Jaffa; Modifying by Stephen Coates, Andrew Heavens and Jonathan Oatis

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