Palestinian Fatima Sbeih, mom of of 21-year-old Muhammad Ali Ahmed Ghoneim, who was killed Sunday by the Israeli military, cries throughout his funeral within the West Financial institution village of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, on April 11, 2022. (Nasser Nasser / AP)
JERUSALEM --
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man close to town of Bethlehem within the occupied West Financial institution, the Palestinian well being ministry mentioned early Monday, the most recent in a rising wave of violence that has erupted in the course of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
The Israeli army mentioned it opened hearth at a person throwing a firebomb at an Israeli automobile driving on a West Financial institution freeway late Sunday. The capturing raised to 4 the variety of Palestinians killed prior to now 24 hours, amongst them an unarmed lady who was shot and killed at a army checkpoint close to Bethlehem.
Ramadan this yr converges with main Jewish and Christian holidays. Protests and clashes in Jerusalem throughout Ramadan final yr boiled over into an 11-day conflict between Israel and Gaza militants.
Israel has stepped up its army exercise within the West Financial institution after Palestinian assailants killed 14 Israelis in 4 lethal assaults inside Israel in latest weeks. On the identical time, it has taken a collection of steps to attempt to calm the scenario, together with granting hundreds of Palestinians from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip permits to work inside Israel.
The Israeli army mentioned Monday it arrested 13 Palestinians suspected of militant exercise within the West Financial institution, and that in the course of the arrest operations Palestinians threw rocks at troops and burned tires.
Palestinian well being officers recognized the person killed within the newest capturing late Sunday as 21-year-old Muhammad Ali Ahmed Ghoneim.
The official Palestinian information company Wafa reported that Mohammed Zakarna, 17, died on Monday after he was wounded by Israeli hearth within the West Financial institution metropolis of Jenin a day earlier.
Israeli forces patrolled Jenin, thought of a stronghold of Palestinian militants, on Sunday as troopers investigated the house of an attacker who killed three Israelis in a mass capturing final week. The military mentioned troopers got here beneath hearth from a gunman on a bike and shot him.
It wasn't instantly clear whether or not Zakarna was shot throughout that incident.
Earlier Sunday, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian ladies. The Israeli military mentioned one had stabbed and evenly wounded a policeman within the metropolis of Hebron. The opposite was an unarmed lady who it mentioned ignored warning photographs and calls to cease as she approached a checkpoint close to Bethlehem.
Palestinian assailants usually perform assaults at checkpoints within the West Financial institution. However Palestinians and human rights teams say the Israeli army usually makes use of extreme pressure and in some instances has injured or killed individuals who weren't concerned in violence.
The European Union's diplomatic mission to the Palestinian territories, accused Israel of utilizing unacceptable extreme pressure in fatally capturing the unarmed lady. "This incidence should be swiftly investigated and the perpetrators be delivered to justice," it wrote on Twitter.
In a separate incident on Monday, the army mentioned two Israeli residents arrived at a West Financial institution checkpoint close to town of Nablus with gunshot wounds. Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported that the 2 had tried to go to Joseph's Tomb, which had been vandalized a day earlier, and have been attacked by unidentified assailants.
A day earlier, a gaggle of Palestinians set the tomb ablaze earlier than they have been dispersed by Palestinian safety forces. The shrine, situated on the outskirts of the northern West Financial institution metropolis of Nablus, is a frequent flashpoint web site. Some Jews imagine it's the burial place of the biblical Joseph, whereas Muslims imagine it's the tomb of a sheikh.
The military escorts Jewish worshipers to the location a number of instances a yr, in coordination with Palestinian safety forces.
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