Israeli troops have shot dead a at a refugee camp near the town of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medics say.
Jihad al-Jafari, a supporter of Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas's Fatah movement, was killed in an Israeli overnight attack at the Dheisheh camp, the medics said on Tuesday.
According to Palestinian doctors, the 19-year-old victim, identified as Jihad Shehadi el-Jaafari. A was hit by one bullet in his chest, and taken to local clinic where he died shortly after from loss of blood. Palestinian sources said that the clashes broke out as Israeli forces entered the camp on an arrest mission. One witness stated that Aljaferi was on the roof of his home looking down at the soldiers during the clash.
According to eyewitnesses, scores of Israeli soldiers invaded the camp in an attempt to kidnap a Palestinian. They fired gas bombs, rubber-coated metal bullets and rounds of live ammunition, causing several injuries.
In a similar incident on Sunday, Israeli forces targeted Palestinians with live bullets, injuring at least seven of them in the central part of the occupied West Bank.
According to the residents of the Aida refugee camp in northern Bethlehem, the Israeli forces raided the camp with police dogs and used tear gas and stun grenades against Palestinians.
The residents said the Israeli forces also targeted ambulances that tried to reach the injured Palestinians and an ambulance driver suffered the suffocation caused by excessive gas inhalation.
On February 6, Israeli forces attacked Palestinian protesters staging a demonstration against the regime’s illegal expansion of settlements near the West Bank city of Ramallah, injuring several demonstrators.
Clashes were also reported to have broken out between Israeli troops and Palestinians in the West Bank villages of Nabi Saleh and Kafr Qaddum on the same day.
Over recent months, Israeli forces have frequently raided Palestinians’ homes in the West Bank, arresting dozens of Palestinian people, who are then transferred to Israeli detention centers where they are kept without charge.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement on February 1 that Israeli forces arrested 350 Palestinians during raids on scores of houses across the occupied West Bank throughout January.
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24 February 2015 - 06:20
News ID: 672926
Israeli troops have shot dead a 19-year-old Palestinian at a refugee camp near the town of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medics say.
