Younis Ghassan Tayeh was killed by the Israeli military throughout a raid on the al-Faraa refugee camp close to Tubas.
Ramallah, occupied West Financial institution – Israeli forces have killed a younger Palestinian man throughout a raid on the northern occupied West Financial institution governorate of Tubas.
The Palestinian Well being Ministry recognized the person as Younis Ghassan Tayeh, and mentioned he had been killed after being shot within the chest on Wednesday within the al-Faraa refugee camp, just a few kilometers south of Tubas metropolis.
His household advised Al Jazeera that the youth was 20 years previous.
Israeli forces had raided the refugee camp at 6:00am (03:00GMT) within the newest of what have change into every day incursions by the military throughout the occupied West Financial institution.
Tayeh’s uncle, Mohammed Hassan Tayeh mentioned that the capturing was unprovoked, and that his nephew had been “in an open space, uncovered to the troopers” when he was shot by a sniper.
“Younis was at residence, he heard that they raided his uncle’s home, so he went down with a gaggle of younger individuals to see,” Mohammed advised Al Jazeera, who defined that he was roughly 100 metres (328 ft) away when his nephew was shot.
“There have been gentle confrontations, rocks being throw,” Mohammed added. “A sniper in one of many properties focused him with a bullet to the neck and one to the chest.”
“Everyone seems to be a goal, for the reason that occupation kills unarmed human beings, who don't pose any sort of menace.”
An Israeli military assertion mentioned that Palestinians had thrown an improvised explosive system and fired at troopers.
Tayeh’s killing was introduced about an hour after the military entered, whereas a minimum of two different males from Tubas have been arrested and their properties raided.
Khaled Mansour, an area political activist and resident of al-Fa’ra refugee camp, advised Al Jazeera there have been “no armed confrontations in the course of the raid”.
“The military got here with massive forces and raided a number of properties searching for “wished” individuals,” he mentioned.
#BREAKING: Palestinian youth Younis Ghassan Tayeh, 21, was killed after Israeli forces instantly shot him within the coronary heart throughout a navy raid on the mentioned metropolis wherein the troopers broke into and raided a number of homes. pic.twitter.com/soEK8xWHSq
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A day-long strike in protest on the killing was known as on Wednesday by native political events.
Not less than 21 Palestinians have been arrested by the Israeli military in a single day on Wednesday, together with from Nablus, Ramallah, Hebron and Jerusalem, in keeping with prisoners teams.
On August 19, throughout a raid on Tubas, Israeli forces shot and killed a 58-year-old Palestinian man, Salah Tawfiq Sawafta, as he was returning residence from daybreak prayers on the mosque close to his residence.
Israel’s 55-year-long navy rule over the occupied West Financial institution, occupied East Jerusalem and the blockaded Gaza Strip, the place some 5 million Palestinians reside, has been described because the longest occupation in fashionable historical past.
Below Israeli occupation, Palestinians face land theft, forcible switch, sweeping motion restrictions, denial of residency rights, arbitrary imprisonment and every day killings, amongst different points.
Latest reviews by native and worldwide human rights teams have accused Israel of finishing up apartheid and persecution towards the Palestinian individuals as a complete and known as for a complete arms embargo towards Israel in addition to focused sanctions of officers, together with asset freezes and journey bans.
Israeli forces have carried out greater than 2,200 raids and arrest operations within the occupied West Financial institution for the reason that begin of the 12 months, in keeping with the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The Israeli navy has defended the raids, and arrests, with the Israeli military’s Chief of Common Workers Aviv Kochavi, saying on Monday that “a whole lot of assaults” had been prevented.
The Palestinian Ministry of Well being has mentioned that Israeli forces have killed greater than 140 Palestinians within the 1967-occupied territories to date in 2022, together with 49 individuals killed throughout Israel’s current three-day offensive on the Gaza Strip.
In the meantime, greater than 6,960 Palestinians have been wounded within the occupied West Financial institution by the Israeli military in the identical time interval, in keeping with OCHA.
Nineteen individuals have additionally been killed in assaults carried out by Palestinians in Israel and the occupied West Financial institution in 2022.
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