A Palestinian man was fatally shot within the West Financial institution as we speak.
Israel Protection Forces (IDF) troopers went into the Balata refugee camp close to the northern metropolis of Nablus to execute an arrest warrant. They got here beneath gunfire, and shot back, killing Bachar Hashash. The person was allegedly one of many shooters, the IDF told Israeli media.
Nonetheless, the Palestinian Authority (PA) stated Israeli forces have been the primary to fireplace their weapons. The 21-year-old Hashash was injured by the gunfire, and later died of his wounds at a hospital, the PA’s WAFA information company reported.
Such incidents happen ceaselessly within the West Financial institution, with Israeli and Palestinian officers typically offering divergent accounts of the violence. In December, the IDF shot and killed a Palestinian man after an alleged car ramming assault. The identical month, unknown perpetrators shot dead an Israeli settler within the Palestinian territory. The taking pictures of the settler particularly raised tensions within the West Financial institution, leading to settler assaults on Palestinian cities.
