[News] Israel military raid leaves four Palestinians dead in West Bank

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A military operation by the Israeli army left at least four Palestinians dead. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the operation took place in Jenin, an area north of the occupied West Bank. Among the deceased was a 16-year-old teenager.

The ministry reported that in Jenin, a Palestinian settlement stronghold, another 23 people were injured and had to be hospitalized.

"Four martyrs were shot by the (Israeli) occupation in Jenin," the ministry said in a statement.

"Undercover special forces of the occupation army infiltrated the center of the city of Jenin, in a street full of inhabitants, and executed three young men by shooting them directly," said the official Palestinian news agency, WAFA.

Israeli forces called in military reinforcements both in the city and in the Jenin refugee camp, "and began firing live bullets at citizens and their homes," WAFA added. For its part, the Israeli Army confirmed that its uniformed officers operated in Jenin, where they "neutralized two terrorist agents of Islamic Jihad."

The Ministry explained that the four dead are Omar Awadin, 16 years old; Nidal Jazim, 28; Yusef Shrim, 29, and Luay Sghir, 37.

Nidal Jazim "carried out important terrorist activities", while Yusef Shrem "manufactured explosives and fired at Israeli soldiers," the Army explained, indicating that "another suspect was neutralized after trying to attack the forces with a crowbar."

During the military operation, "there was an exchange of fire between the forces and several armed men, and violent riots were instigated in which the suspects threw stones at the forces," added the Army, which did not record any injuries among its troops.

The deaths on Thursday bring to 85 the number of Palestinians who have lost their lives in the area in violent incidents with Israel so far this year, including 16 minors. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict seems to have entered a new violent spiral, especially since one of the most right-wing governments in Israel's history came to power at the end of December, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

On Sunday, three Palestinian fighters were killed in a firefight with Israeli soldiers near Nablus, also in the northern West Bank.

 

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