Saturday, an Israeli fatally shot a 42-year-old Palestinian in a settlement outpost in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. According to the Israeli military, he attempted to knife the Israeli.
The health ministry identified the guy as Tariq Maali and stated that he was shot in the occupied West Bank, northwest of the Palestinian city of Ramallah.
According to the Israeli military, the individual arrived to the outpost and attempted to knife a civilian. According to the military, he was armed with a knife and was shot by an Israeli settler. The colonist was not wounded.
Palestinians and human rights organizations accuse Israel of employing excessive force against Palestinians, who have carried out a rash of shootings, stabbings, and car-ramming incidents in recent years. According to Israel, soldiers and in some cases civilians confront life-threatening circumstances.
The fatality on Saturday was the latest in months of Israeli-Palestinian unrest. Since last spring, when 19 Israelis were slain in a wave of Palestinian attacks, tensions have escalated in the West Bank, where the Israeli military has been executing near-nightly arrest raids. In a second round of attacks late last year, ten additional Israelis were slain.
On January 21, 2023, in the West Bank, Israeli forces secure the area after a Palestinian was shot and killed following an alleged attempted attack on an Israeli.
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According to Israel, the raids aim to dismantle extremist networks and prevent future assaults. The Palestinians view these settlements as further entrenching Israel’s 55-year occupation of territory they seek for their future state.
The fatality on Saturday brought the total number of Palestinians murdered in the West Bank by Israeli fire since the beginning of 2023 to 18.
According to statistics compiled by the Israeli rights organization B’Tselem, Israel killed around 150 Palestinians in the West Bank and east Jerusalem in 2022, making it the worst year since 2004.
Israel asserts that the majority of the deceased were militants. However, Palestinians who threw stones, adolescents who protested the invasions, and others who were not involved in conflicts have also been slain.
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