Israeli settler killed in West Bank’s Qalqilya, IOF raid Jenin

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies + Al Mayadeen
22 Jun 2024 11:15

This comes a day after Israeli occupation forces raided Qalqilya and assassinated two Palestinian youths in the city.

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IOF take position outside the Ofer prison in the occupied West Bank, on November 24, 2023. (AFP)

An Israeli settler was killed in a shooting incident on Saturday in Qalqilya, where his car was subsequently set on fire, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Ramallah reported.

Simultaneously, the Israeli occupation forces conducted a raid in the city of Qalqilya and launched an investigation into the incident, our correspondent added.

مراسلة #الميادين في رام الله: مقتل مستوطن إسرائيلي أصيب في إطلاق نار بقلقيلية واحتراق سيارته#فلسطين_المحتلة pic.twitter.com/dWpPdMzROT
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 22, 2024

In a related development, our correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces stormed residential apartments and commercial shops along 22nd Street in Qalqilya city.

Our correspondent further reported that intense confrontations have erupted between Palestinian Resistance fighters and a specialized Israeli force besieging a house in the al-Jabriyat neighborhood in the Jenin refugee camp.

Israeli occupation forces block the road in front of an ambulance saving lives in Jenin this morning. pic.twitter.com/sv9ugDQPDE
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 22, 2024

According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, three Palestinians were injured in the ongoing confrontations.

Our correspondent also mentioned that Israeli occupation forces detained three Palestinian youths and a woman during their raid in Jenin.

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On Friday, two young men Mahmoud Hassan Abdul Rahman Zaid, 28, and Ihab Abdul Karim Musa Abu Hamed, 29 were assassinated by the Israeli occupation forces in Qalqilya.

According to witnesses, a special unit of the Israeli occupation forces stormed the city and fired at the vehicle carrying Zaid and Abu Hamed in central Qalqilya.

The Gideon Unit of the Israeli Police assassinated the two martyrs, Ihab Abdel Karim Abu Hamed and Mahmoud Hassan Zaid, in the city of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/hFOtPsxzHY
— خالد الجلاصي (@Khaledjelassi10) June 21, 2024

The gunfire led to the killing of the two Palestinian youths, causing the vehicle to crash into a curb outside a local shop.

The Israeli forces prevented medical teams and civilians from approaching the scene. Local sources reported that the occupation forces seized the vehicle and detained the bodies of the martyrs before withdrawing from the city. Additionally, two Palestinians who were nearby sustained injuries as a result of the attack.

This brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank since October 7 to 552, a stark figure that includes 135 children, according to the Ministry of Health.