Casualties rose, with at least four Palestinians killed, including two minors, and dozens injured.
Palestinian officials reported Wednesday that Israeli forces have raided multiple locations in the occupied West Bank, killing at least four people, including two minors.
Israeli forces shot dead a 13-year-old boy, identified as Rami al-Khalfri, in the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday night. Israeli border police said he fired fireworks at them.
Israel's far-right Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir expressed support for Israeli soldiers amid outrage over the killings.
“We salute the fighters who killed the terrorists,” Ben Gvir posted on X.
But Al Jazeera's Laura Khan reported from occupied East Jerusalem that witnesses said the slain Palestinian teenager did not shoot fireworks at Israeli forces, but at the sky. is said to have launched.
“Eyewitness accounts corroborate the two videos we saw. One is a photo of a boy setting off fireworks into the sky, not near an Israeli soldier. “He was lying on the ground, his mother devastated,” Khan said.
“A mosque there has announced a day of mourning tomorrow and a strike to close all shops so people can mourn his death.”
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said it had treated five other people injured by Israeli shelling.
حظة تفجير عبوة ناسفة بآلية إسرائيلية في جنين#حرب_غزة #فيديو pic.twitter.com/61XIK2U1fs
— AJA Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) March 13, 2024
Translation: The moment an explosive device was detonated by an Israeli vehicle in Jenin.
There was also gunfire in the town of Anabta, east of Tulkarem, and overnight Israeli raids were also reported in the village of Blin, south of Nablus, where Israeli forces attacked a vehicle and wounded a 35-year-old man and his three others. . 1 month old child.
Israeli police claimed to have shot dead five men who were throwing petrol bombs near the town of al-Jib, northwest of Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Zaid Ward Shukri Khalifa, 23, and Abdullah Mamoun Hassan Assaf, 16, were killed, according to the Wafa news agency. The other three people shot dead are being treated at the Palestinian Medical Complex in Ramallah.
“Border Guard fighters noticed five terrorists who had ignited petrol bombs and tried to throw petrol bombs at the drivers, putting their lives at risk. They opened fire on them, arrested them and referred them for treatment.” , Israeli police posted on X's Arabic account.
According to the Wafa news agency, Israeli forces also attacked the premises of the Jenin government hospital, shooting dead one Palestinian man and wounding five others. According to the agency, the victim, Rabi Al Nursi, was in his 20s.
Wafa correspondent reported that Israeli forces stormed the hospital garden and opened fire on a group of civilians standing in front of the emergency department.
The killings followed multiple attacks across Jenin city and Jenin refugee camp. Dozens of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers took part in the raid early Wednesday morning, with support from drones and infiltrated special forces, Wafa said.
There has been a surge in violence in the occupied West Bank since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack sparked the war in Gaza. At least 427 Palestinians have been killed in Palestine, most of them in clashes with Israeli forces, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Tensions between Israel and Palestine often rise over access to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which began on Sunday.
