Jerusalem: At least four Palestinian gunmen killed in a shootout with Israeli security forces Western coast Arrest operation to crack down on Islamic terrorist group Hamas Israeli military said on Sunday.
Sunday’s violence between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks was the deadliest and came amid heightened tensions between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip after this year’s 11-day war.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian was shot dead near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and three others were killed in Biddu, north of Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement that Israeli security forces in the West Bank acted against Hamas operatives who were “to carry out terrorist attacks in the very near future”. He said soldiers in the field “acted as expected from him” and added that his government gave him full support.
The Israeli military said soldiers involved in the arrests in the West Bank were attacked as Palestinian gunmen opened fire on soldiers. It declined to provide further information.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said 22-year-old Osama Soboh was killed during arrests during clashes in the northern West Bank village of Burkin, near Jenin. There were no immediate details on the deaths in Biddu.
Hamas, the terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip, said in a statement that Sunday’s killing was “the result of continued coordination” between the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government.
Hamas spokesman Abdullatif al-Qanu blamed the rival Palestinian Authority, which has limited autonomy over areas of the West Bank, saying that recent meetings between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli officials have “again to advance the resistance”. encouraged occupation”.
Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinian gunmen during a late night raid in Jenin last month, in which four Palestinians were killed. Recent months have seen a rise in violence in the West Bank, with more than two dozen Palestinians killed in sporadic clashes and protests with Israeli soldiers.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war and has established dozens of settlements in the decades that followed, with some 500,000 residents. Palestinians seek the West Bank as part of their future state and see settlements as a major obstacle to resolving the conflict.
Sunday’s violence between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks was the deadliest and came amid heightened tensions between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip after this year’s 11-day war.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said a Palestinian was shot dead near the northern West Bank city of Jenin and three others were killed in Biddu, north of Jerusalem.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a statement that Israeli security forces in the West Bank acted against Hamas operatives who were “to carry out terrorist attacks in the very near future”. He said soldiers in the field “acted as expected from him” and added that his government gave him full support.
The Israeli military said soldiers involved in the arrests in the West Bank were attacked as Palestinian gunmen opened fire on soldiers. It declined to provide further information.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said 22-year-old Osama Soboh was killed during arrests during clashes in the northern West Bank village of Burkin, near Jenin. There were no immediate details on the deaths in Biddu.
Hamas, the terrorist group that rules the Gaza Strip, said in a statement that Sunday’s killing was “the result of continued coordination” between the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority and the Israeli government.
Hamas spokesman Abdullatif al-Qanu blamed the rival Palestinian Authority, which has limited autonomy over areas of the West Bank, saying that recent meetings between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli officials have “again to advance the resistance”. encouraged occupation”.
Israeli soldiers clashed with Palestinian gunmen during a late night raid in Jenin last month, in which four Palestinians were killed. Recent months have seen a rise in violence in the West Bank, with more than two dozen Palestinians killed in sporadic clashes and protests with Israeli soldiers.
Israel occupied the West Bank in the 1967 Middle East war and has established dozens of settlements in the decades that followed, with some 500,000 residents. Palestinians seek the West Bank as part of their future state and see settlements as a major obstacle to resolving the conflict.
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