A Palestinian was killed in Nablus, and 13 others were injured, one of them seriously, during the Israeli army's raid on the "Aqabat Jabr" refugee camp in the city of Jericho in the central West Bank, according to Palestinian sources.
On Friday, a Palestinian youth was shot dead by the Israeli army at the Hawara military checkpoint, south of Nablus, in the northern West Bank.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said in a statement: "A young man was martyred at the Hawara checkpoint, and he is being received by a PRCS ambulance from the (Israeli) army."
While the state-run Palestine TV reported that "Israeli forces opened fire on a young man in the vicinity of the Hawwara checkpoint, south of Nablus," without further details.
For its part, the Hebrew Broadcasting Corporation said that the Israeli army opened fire on a Palestinian in the West Bank, claiming that he was "attempting to attack soldiers."
In the same context, 13 Palestinians were wounded, two of them critically, on Saturday, during the Israeli army's incursion into the "Aqabat Jabr" refugee camp in the city of Jericho, in the central West Bank.
The director of the Jericho Governmental Hospital, Nasser Anani, reported that 13 Palestinians were injured in the Israeli army's incursion into the camp, including two in critical condition who were transferred to the Istishari Hospital in Ramallah.
According to eyewitnesses to Anadolu Agency, an Israeli force stormed the Aqabat Jabr camp, and clashes broke out with Palestinian youths who threw stones at it, and it responded with live and rubber bullets and gas bombs.
In addition, 4 Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, on Saturday, during the Israeli army's raid on the "Aqabat Jaber" refugee camp in the city of Jericho, in the central West Bank.
A source at Jericho Governmental Hospital, who preferred not to be named, said: "We received 4 injuries during the clashes that took place in the camp, one of which was serious and was transferred to the Istishari Hospital in Ramallah."
According to eyewitnesses, an Israeli force stormed Aqabat Jabr camp, and clashes broke out with Palestinian youths who threw stones at it, and it responded with live and rubber bullets and gas bombs.
Palestine TV said, "The Israeli army imposed a siege on the camp, then stormed it, besieged a house, and demolished parts of it with a bulldozer."
For its part, the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said that the Israeli army fired anti-tank missiles at a house in the camp where Palestinian gunmen were holed up.
It added that an exchange of fire took place between the gunmen who had barricaded themselves in the house and the Israeli forces, without causing any casualties among the latter.
The Israeli army distributed leaflets to the camp’s residents, inviting them to avoid confrontations with its forces and to stay with their children inside their homes, according to the same source.For days, the Israeli army has imposed strict measures at the entrances to the city of Jericho, and checked the identities of those who left, looking for a Palestinian. He accuses him of shooting up an Israeli restaurant.
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