(Jenin) A Palestinian injured five days ago by Israeli army fire during clashes in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, has succumbed to his wounds, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.
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In a press release, the ministry affirms that it is about “Hamad Moustafa Abou Jildeh, 24 years, resident of the refugee camp of Jenin”, in the north of the West Bank, territory occupied since 1967 by Israel.
“He died of serious injuries a few days ago during a raid by the Israeli army” to destroy the home of the author of a deadly attack perpetrated last spring in Tel Aviv.
Security sources in Jenin said the young Palestinian was hit by bullets on Tuesday during an Israeli operation to destroy the house of Raed Hazem, author of a fatal attack on three Israelis on April 7 in the heart of Tel- Aviv.
During Tuesday’s operation in Jenin, the Israeli army said it responded to “a violent riot” and that people were “hit” by bullets. No soldiers were injured, she added.
From mid-March to early May, 19 people were killed in a wave of anti-Israeli attacks, particularly in the Tel Aviv area.
Some of these attacks were perpetrated by Israeli Arabs linked to the jihadist organization Islamic State, and others by Palestinians, including some from Jenin, a stronghold of the Palestinian factions.
In the wake of the attacks, the army increased raids in the West Bank, in particular in the sectors of Jenin, but also of Nablus, another large city in the north of this territory occupied since 1967 by the Jewish state. These raids were often interspersed with clashes that left dozens dead on the Palestinian side.
They have arrested around 1,500 wanted people and thwarted hundreds of attacks, according to Israeli army chief Aviv Kohavi.