Israeli settler kills Palestinian while harvesting olives in West Bank
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The Palestinian Ministry of Health says Bilal Saleh, 40, was "shot in the chest by a settler" in the village of Sawiya near Nablus in the northern West Bank.
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Palestinian martyr Bilal Saleh, left, gathering olives (Social media)
A Palestinian man was killed by an illegal Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The killer was an off-duty Israeli occupation soldier.
Violence has surged against Palestinians in the West Bank since "Israel" began its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip. Since then, more than 100 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, mostly during raids by Israeli occupation forces or settlers, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
Sawiya mayor Mahmud Hassan told AFP that 40-year-old Bilal Saleh was "shot in the chest by a settler" in the village of Sawiya near Nablus in the northern West Bank.
Sawiya Mayor Mahmud Hassan explained that Saleh was shot while gathering olives with his family in their trees, which are located close to the fence that surrounds the adjacent Israeli settlement of "Rechelim."
"They were attacked by four settlers, and one of them who was armed with an M16 rifle opened fire at them without warning," Hassan said, adding that Saleh "was hit in the chest and was martyred in front of his family and children."
On the left side of the picture is Bilal Saleh, a Palestinian farmer. This morning, he was picking olives in his land in the village of Sawiya, north of the occupied West Bank, a few minutes before Israeli terror settler militias raided his land and shot him dead in cold blood. pic.twitter.com/SpM7huQIM8
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IOF raid several West Bank cities amid fierce confrontations
Israeli occupation forces raided Friday at the brink of dawn several Palestinian cities in the occupied West Bank, engaging in numerous confrontations with Palestinian Resistance fighters who sought to deter the Israeli occupation forces.
The incursions saw the occupation forces open fire in numerous sites, which resulted in injuries in the Dheisha refugee camp, with violent arrests taking place in northern al-Khalil.
Israeli occupation forces raided the cities of Areeha, al-Khalil, Nablus, Tulkram, Tubas, Beit Lahm, Ramallah, and Qalqiliya. The confrontations in Qalqilya saw liberated prisoner Qassem Abdel-Hafez killed by Israeli gunfire.
