Palestinian dies after shooting by Israel forces
Published: 03:08 PM,Aug 19,2023 | EDITED : 10:08 PM,Aug 19,2023
NABLUS: A Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces during a raid this week in the occupied West Bank died on Saturday, the official Palestinian news agency and a health worker said.
Mohammed Abu Asaab was 'seriously injured in the head' on Wednesday in Balata refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and on Saturday succumbed to his wounds, news agency Wafa reported.
It said Abu Asaab was hit during clashes that erupted when Israeli 'undercover forces' surrounded a house in the camp.
The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An official at Al Najah hospital in Nablus, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media, said that Abu Asaab, a resident of Balata, had died 'as a result of wounds sustained at dawn last Wednesday during the occupation (Israeli) forces' storming of the camp'.
Reports in Nablus said Abu Asaab's death was also announced over mosque loudspeakers throughout the city.
Meanwhile, two Israelis were killed in a suspected shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army said.
'A suspected shooting attack was carried out at a number of Israeli civilians in the area of the town of Huwara,' an army statement said, adding that two civilians had been killed.
The West Bank has seen a surge in violence since early last year, with a string of attacks by Palestinians on Israeli targets, repeated Israeli army raids and violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinian communities.
At least 218 Palestinians have been killed in violence linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this year.
Some 30 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian have also been killed, according to statistics compiled from official sources on both sides.
They include, on the Palestinian side, combatants as well as civilians and, on the Israeli side, three members of the Arab minority.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the Six-Day War of 1967 and its forces regularly carry out incursions into areas such as Nablus which are nominally under Palestinian Authority security control. — AFP
Mohammed Abu Asaab was 'seriously injured in the head' on Wednesday in Balata refugee camp on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and on Saturday succumbed to his wounds, news agency Wafa reported.
It said Abu Asaab was hit during clashes that erupted when Israeli 'undercover forces' surrounded a house in the camp.
The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
An official at Al Najah hospital in Nablus, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media, said that Abu Asaab, a resident of Balata, had died 'as a result of wounds sustained at dawn last Wednesday during the occupation (Israeli) forces' storming of the camp'.
Reports in Nablus said Abu Asaab's death was also announced over mosque loudspeakers throughout the city.
Meanwhile, two Israelis were killed in a suspected shooting attack in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the army said.
'A suspected shooting attack was carried out at a number of Israeli civilians in the area of the town of Huwara,' an army statement said, adding that two civilians had been killed.
The West Bank has seen a surge in violence since early last year, with a string of attacks by Palestinians on Israeli targets, repeated Israeli army raids and violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinian communities.
At least 218 Palestinians have been killed in violence linked to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict this year.
Some 30 Israelis, one Ukrainian and one Italian have also been killed, according to statistics compiled from official sources on both sides.
They include, on the Palestinian side, combatants as well as civilians and, on the Israeli side, three members of the Arab minority.
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the Six-Day War of 1967 and its forces regularly carry out incursions into areas such as Nablus which are nominally under Palestinian Authority security control. — AFP