Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinian Men in Violent Raids Across Occupied West Bank

Monday, 30 October 2023 2:22 AM

This combo photo shows three Palestinian men killed by Israeli forces during violent raids across the occupied West Bank on October 29, 2023. (via Wafa news agency)

Israeli forces have killed three more Palestinian young men during violent raids across the occupied West Bank.

On Sunday, the regime's forces attacked the Balata refugee camp, east of the city of Nablus in northern West Bank, wounding a Palestinian named Rasmi Arafat, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

"Medical sources at the An-Najah Hospital said Arafat succumbed to the injuries he had sustained during confrontations with Israeli forces," the report added.

Later in the day and in southern West Bank, Israeli forces attacked the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of the city of Bethlehem, fatally shooting Yousef Rabee' in the head.

Medical sources said the 25-year-old Palestinian man was taken to Beit Jala Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Israeli troops also conducted a raid against the northern West Bank city of Jenin.

At least three young Palestinian men were fatally shot as the Israeli army carried out a number of overnight raids in the occupied West Bank.

According to local sources, the raid saw more than 100 Israeli military vehicles storming the city from several directions, accompanied by two military bulldozers. 

The regime's forces then surrounded the Ibn Sina Hospital, deploying snipers on rooftops of the buildings around the facility before firing live bullets at Palestinians. An Israeli reconnaissance drone also flew over the city.

The attack killed another Palestinian youth, identified as Amir Abdullah Sharbaji, and wounded six others, one of them seriously.

Israeli forces also ran over another Palestinian young man who was taken to hospital for treatment.

The regime has escalated its violent raids against Palestinians in the West Bank since October 7, when it launched a war of aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip.

Nearly 120 Palestinians have lost their lives across the occupied territory since the onset of the war on Gaza, which has so far killed more than 8,000 civilians, including over 3,000 children.