Jerusalem: Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian armed men during a sudden attack on the occupied West Bank, killing four Palestinians in one of the deadliest battles in this area, Palestinian health officials said Monday.
Battle erupted in Jenin, a city in the North West Bank where tensions have been high since a man was killed in battle with Israel earlier this month.
The Israeli Paramilitary Border Police said his troops tried to arrest a suspect when they were “under a large fire from close range ” by a number of armed people.
It was said that Israeli forces returned fire, and no officer was injured.
Palestinian official news agency, Wafa, said Four men were killed by Israeli fire and a fifth seriously injured.
Amateur recording of the scene seems to show intense shots on Jalan Jenin.
The official Palestinian senior Hussein Al Sheikh accused Israel from “crime convulsions’ and tweeted that” the international community It must be ashamed of his silence and failure to provide protection to the Palestinian people from this oppression.
“During the second Palestinian rebellion in the early 2000s, Jenin experienced some of the toughest.
Fighting with Israel, even though the area was generally quiet in the last few years.
According to the military.
Israel, there are at least eight clashes between Pasu Kan and friends of gunmen Estinian for the past two months.
The West Bank has experienced an uptick in deadly violence in recent months, with more than two dozen Palestine killed by Israeli fire in recent weeks, including children and Palestinian protesters.
Israeli war in May in the Gaza Strip, driven by friction in the Yerusalem Scriptures contest and efforts by the settlement group to expel Palestinians in East Jerusalem, and the latest establishment of West Bank settlement posts has contributed to tensions.
Last week, the Head of the Israeli military urged troops to follow professional regulations and “acted with wisdom” given the complexity of the situation.
Israel caught the West Bank in the Mideast War in 1967 and in decades since it has established dozens of settlements where nearly 500,000 settlers lived.
Palestinians seek the West Bank as part of their future countries and view settlements as the main obstacle to resolve conflict.