Israeli occupation forces kill a young man amid intense raids in the occupied West Bank | News of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The army placed snipers on the rooftops surrounding Balata camp during a violent raid that led to the killing of Muhammad Medhat Amin Amer.

Israeli occupation forces killed a Palestinian boy and wounded nine others in Balata refugee camp, at a time when Israeli forces are intensifying their raids throughout the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said today, Saturday, that the young man, Muhammad Medhat Amin Amer (18 years old), was killed by occupation bullets during a night raid in campIt is located on the outskirts of the city of Nablus, in the north of the occupied West Bank.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said that nine people were in “critical condition” after being injured in the raid that began on Friday evening and sparked violent confrontations.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that Israeli soldiers entered the camp from the Awarta checkpoint and deployed “snipers on the roofs of surrounding buildings.”

The Israeli army said, in a statement on Saturday, that its soldiers opened fire on “terrorists” who “threw explosives, Molotov cocktails, stones, and launched fireworks at the forces.”

The intensity of violence has escalated in the occupied West Bank since the outbreak of war in the Gaza Strip following the Hamas-led attacks on October 7, 2023.

Since then, at least 815 Palestinians have been killed in the Strip by Israeli soldiers or settlers, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah.

In the same period, Palestinian attacks in the occupied West Bank killed at least 25 Israelis, according to official Israeli figures.

In the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported that a Palestinian child named Wafa was injured in the eye by bullet fragments during an Israeli occupation army raid on homes in the town of Tuqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, on Friday.

The Israeli occupation forces also carried out separate raids in three towns in the Hebron region of the occupied West Bank.

Local sources told Lofa that the occupation soldiers set up military checkpoints in the town of Idna, west of Hebron, where they stopped vehicles and checked identification cards.

In the town of Shuyoukh, north of Hebron, occupation patrols removed Palestinian flags from the town’s streets. In a separate operation, soldiers cordoned off areas in the nearby Al-Arroub refugee camp.

Palestinian Authority raids

Since December, the Palestinian Authority has also launched raids in the Palestinian territories Jenin refugee camplocated north of the Gaza Strip, saying that they want to suppress the armed Palestinian resistance.

For weeks, the region has witnessed clashes that resulted in the deaths of civilians and members of the Palestinian Authority security forces.

The family of a Palestinian father and his son, who were killed on Friday in the camp, held the Palestinian Authority responsible for their killing.

However, the Palestinian Authority security forces issued a statement denying the presence of their security forces in the area. Instead, they blamed the deaths on fighters in the Jenin refugee camp.

the Battalion genes An armed group issued a statement accusing the Palestinian Authority of killing at least 16 Palestinian civilians since October 2023.

A member of the Palestinian General Intelligence Service, known in reports as Major Rashid Shaqo, also died in the camp on Friday.

A Palestinian Authority official described the killing as an “accident,” according to the Reuters news agency.