Ramallah, occupied West Financial institution – Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian man throughout a raid on the northern occupied West Financial institution governorate of Tubas.
The Palestinian Well being Ministry recognized the person as Younis Ghassan Tayeh, and stated he had been killed after being shot within the chest on Wednesday within the al-Faraa refugee camp, just a few kilometers south of Tubas metropolis.
Israeli forces had raided the refugee camp at 6:00am (03:00GMT) within the newest of what have grow to be day by day incursions by the military throughout the occupied West Financial institution.
Tayeh’s uncle, Mohammed Hassan Tayeh, advised Al Jazeera that the capturing was unprovoked, and that his 20-year-old nephew had been “in an open space, uncovered to the troopers” when he was shot by a sniper.
“Younis was at dwelling, he heard that they raided his uncle’s home, so he went down with a bunch of younger individuals to see,” stated Mohammed, who defined that he was roughly 100 metres (328 toes) away when his nephew was shot.
“There have been mild confrontations, rocks being throw,” Mohammed added. “A sniper in one of many properties focused him with a bullet to the neck and one to the chest.”
“Everyone seems to be a goal, because the occupation kills unarmed human beings, who don’t pose any type of menace.”
An Israeli military assertion stated that Palestinians had thrown an improvised explosive system and fired at troopers.
Tayeh’s killing was introduced about an hour after the military entered, whereas at the very least two different males from Tubas had been arrested and their properties raided.
#BREAKING: Palestinian youth Younis Ghassan Tayeh, 21, was killed after Israeli forces instantly shot him within the coronary heart throughout a army raid on the stated metropolis during which the troopers broke into and raided a number of homes. pic.twitter.com/soEK8xWHSq
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A day-long strike in protest on the killing was referred to as on Wednesday by native political events.
At the very least 21 Palestinians had been arrested by the Israeli military in a single day on Wednesday, together with from Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron and Jerusalem, in accordance with prisoners teams.
On August 19, throughout a raid on Tubas, Israeli forces shot and killed a 58-year-old Palestinian man, Salah Tawfiq Sawafta, as he was returning dwelling from daybreak prayers on the mosque close to his dwelling.
Israel’s 55-year-long army rule over the occupied West Financial institution, occupied East Jerusalem and the blockaded Gaza Strip, the place some 5 million Palestinians reside, has been described because the longest occupation in fashionable historical past.
Underneath Israeli occupation, Palestinians face land theft, forcible switch, sweeping motion restrictions, denial of residency rights, arbitrary imprisonment and day by day killings, amongst different points.
Current experiences by native and worldwide human rights teams have accused Israel of finishing up apartheid and persecution towards the Palestinian individuals as an entire and referred to as for a complete arms embargo towards Israel in addition to focused sanctions of officers, together with asset freezes and journey bans.
Israeli forces have carried out greater than 2,200 raids and arrest operations within the occupied West Financial institution because the begin of the 12 months, in accordance with the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The Israeli army has defended the raids, and arrests, with the Israeli military’s Chief of Common Employees Aviv Kochavi, saying on Monday that “lots of of assaults” had been prevented.
The Palestinian Ministry of Well being has stated that Israeli forces have killed greater than 140 Palestinians within the 1967-occupied territories thus far in 2022, together with 49 individuals killed throughout Israel’s latest three-day offensive on the Gaza Strip.
In the meantime, greater than 6,960 Palestinians have been wounded within the occupied West Financial institution by the Israeli military in the identical time interval, in accordance with OCHA.
Nineteen individuals have additionally been killed in assaults carried out by Palestinians in Israel and the occupied West Financial institution in 2022.
