Occupied West Bank (Washington Insider Magazine) – During an operation on the Jenin region in the northern controlled West Bank, Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teen.
Ahmad Fathi Masad, a former inmate from Burqin, west of Jenin, was recognised as the 18-year-old.
On Wednesday morning, sometime after dawn, his death at the Jenin refugee settlement was reported, and an hour later, a funeral service was arranged for him.
He was shot in the head, according to the Palestinian ministry of health. Three more Palestinian teenagers were wounded by live Israeli gunfire and are in steady condition.
The Israeli army stated it was “conducting counterterrorism activity” in Jenin, but didn’t say how many people were killed.
“The blood of the martyr Ahmad and all the martyrs will not go in vain,” the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) group, which is operating in the Jenin camp, stated in a release.
On Wednesday, Israeli police raided other districts of Jenin and the occupied West Bank, arresting at least 15 Palestinians.
Masad’s death came only one day after Ahmad Ibrahim Owaidat, a 20-year-old Palestinian, was slain during an operation on the Aqabet Jaber refugee settlement near Jericho, in the eastern West Bank.
Following 4 attacks in Israel that killed 14 individuals, including 3 police officials, Israel has increased raids and arrests throughout the West Bank.
Since the beginning of 2022, Israelis have killed nearly 47 Palestinians.
According to Al Jazeera, Israeli armed forces operations, targeted assassinations, and arrests have increased in Jenin in an effort to quash escalating Palestinian armed insurrection there.
There are widespread concerns of a large-scale Israeli assault of the camp, which is home to the armed wings of the PIJ and Fatah groups.
In the West Bank, Israeli military personnel have killed 11 Palestinians in the last 2 weeks, including 6 from Jenin.
When the Jewish holiday of Passover and the Muslim holy month of Ramadan fell on the same week last week, settler intrusions under police cover resulted in daily clashes with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque site, with several Palestinians imprisoned and wounded.
Weeks of demonstrations in occupied East Jerusalem and attacks on Al-Aqsa by Israeli troops during Ramadan last year erupted into a wider revolt throughout Israel and the controlled Palestinian lands, culminating in an 11-day attack on the Gaza Strip.