By Ali Sawafta
JENIN, West Financial institution – Israeli troops shot useless two Palestinians, one a instructor and one a gunman, within the occupied West Financial institution on Thursday throughout a raid within the flashpoint metropolis of Jenin, Palestinian medics and a witness stated.
Violence within the West Financial institution has surged over the previous yr, following stepped-up raids by Israel in response to a spate of Palestinian avenue assaults in its cities. Not less than 17 Palestinians, together with militants and civilians, have been killed by Israeli forces within the West Financial institution since Jan. 1.
The Israeli army stated its forces had come underneath heavy hearth by Palestinian gunmen throughout a counter-terrorism operation in Jenin on Thursday and had returned hearth.
Requested concerning the instructor’s dying, a army spokesperson stated the incident was underneath assessment.
“It ought to be famous that the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) doesn't deliberately hearth towards civilians,” the spokesperson stated.
The Palestinian Well being Ministry confirmed the dying of the instructor and of the gunman, who was later recognized by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group as one in all its members.
Farid Bouaqneh, 31, son of the 57-year-old instructor Jawad Bouaqneh, stated the gunman was shot outdoors the household home and that he and his father went out to assist the militant.
“My father went out to assist the person, to offer first support,” Bouaqneh instructed Reuters. “We dragged him (the gunman) inside and my father was shot,” Bouaqneh stated, pointing at his higher physique whereas standing at a doorway with a blood-stained flooring.
One Israeli soldier was wounded, the army stated.
U.S.-brokered peace talks geared toward establishing a Palestinian state within the West Financial institution, Gaza and East Jerusalem facet by facet with Israel, broke down in 2014.
Prospects of their revival have dimmed additional since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returned to energy in December on the head of a religious-nationalist authorities, a lot of whose members are against Palestinian statehood. His cupboard has set the enlargement of West Financial institution settlements as a precedence.
U.S. Nationwide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan was anticipated to satisfy on Thursday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and stress Washington’s dedication to the two-state resolution, spokesman John Kirby stated on Wednesday.
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