Israel troops shoot dead Palestinian in West Bank
AFP
AFP, NABLUS, Palestinian Territories: Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian near the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank yesterday in clashes following an arrest raid, medical and security sources said.
The shooting came after weeks of low-level violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, and amid regular Israeli arrests in the West Bank.
Mohammed Alawneh, 22, was killed in clashes that followed raids and searches by Israeli soldiers on several houses in the village of Birqin, west of Jenin, the Palestinian sources said. One Palestinian, identified as Mohammed Atiq, was arrested during the operation.
Afterwards, dozens of Palestinians hurled rocks at soldiers, and the army responded with tear gas and gunfire. Alawneh was shot in the chest and died shortly after arriving at hospital in Jenin, the medical source said. He was to be buried later on Wednesday.
A military source told Israeli public radio that the army and border guards carried out an operation in the village to arrest wanted Palestinians.
