Palestinian shot dead by IDF in West Bank riot
Another Palestinian rioter is killed in ongoing disturbances over 'Israeli occupation' of West Bank, after he, along dozens of others, threw rocks at IDF forces near Qalqilya.
A 24-year-old Palestinian was killed Monday evening in clashes with Israeli security forces in Jayyus Palestinian village near the west border of the West Bank.
According to Palestinian health officials, the man, 24-year-old Ahmad Salim, was shot dead by IDF fire.
The Israeli military said it was checking reports of a Palestinian killed in a village near the West Bank city of Qalqilya, where it said scores of Palestinians threw rocks at soldiers who responded with riot dispersal means and live fire.
While Israeli-Palestinian tensions over US President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Jerusalem—a place holy to Jews and Muslims alike—as the capital of Israel have been steadily declining in recent weeks, sporadic disturbances and riots along the Gaza border and in the West Bank are still being reported, sometimes even resulting in deaths.
On Thursday, two Palestinians were killed and six others were wounded in clashes with IDF forces that broke out near the Gaza security barrier and in the West Bank.
About 50 Palestinians demonstrated at two locations on the northern Gaza border, threw stones at the security fence and set tires on fire.
The IDF reported they opened fire against three main instigators. As a result of the shooting, one 16-year-old youth from the al-Bureij refugee camp was shot dead, while two others were wounded.
Another Palestinian youth was shot dead in clashes between IDF forces and local residents of Palestinian villages in the Nablus Governorate.
The youth, a resident of the Palestinian village of Burin identified as Ali Kino, also 16, was killed after a riot broke out over an IDF search of a village west of Burin, as part of the hunt for the terrorists who murdered Rabbi Raziel Shevah in the nearby Havat Gilad outpost. Aside from Kino, four more were reportedly wounded by the shooting.
A total of 18 Palestinians and one Israeli have been killed in the flare-up since Trump's announcement, though analysts say neither Israel nor the Palestinians are interested in a major escalation.
