Jerusalem
CNN
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Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday, killing a 14-year-old boy, the Palestinian Ministry of Well being stated. Qusai Radwan Waked was shot within the stomach, the ministry stated.
The goal of the raid was Jibril Zubeidi, who was detained, Israeli and Palestinian authorities stated.
In a joint assertion, the Israel Protection Forces, Border Police and Israel Safety Company stated that throughout the raid, “armed people fired on the forces who responded again with reside hearth… Moreover, suspects hurled explosive units and rocks on the forces.
“We’re conscious of the studies relating to a lot of armed people who obtained injured throughout the change of fireplace,” the Israeli assertion stated.
A video from Jenin on Sunday confirmed what seemed to be no less than seven Israeli army automobiles getting into town, and one other confirmed smoke rising from behind a multi-story constructing. Locals stated the Israeli forces had used a smoke bomb throughout the raid.
Zubeidi was suspected of “terrorist exercise in opposition to safety forces and planning assaults,” in addition to involvement within the transient seizure of the physique of an Israeli Druze man who was killed in a automobile accident within the West Financial institution in November, the Israelis stated.
The physique of the person, Tiran Ferro, was taken from a hospital in Jenin by gunmen demanding the return of the our bodies of Palestinians killed by Israelis. The gunmen handed the physique over to Palestinian Authority safety officers the next day. The IDF stated there had been no negotiations and no change for Ferro’s stays.
Zubeidi had beforehand served 11 years in an Israeli jail, the official Palestinian information company WAFA stated. Certainly one of his brothers, Dawoud, was killed by Israeli forces final yr, whereas one other, Zakariya, is a Fatah official additionally imprisoned in Israel.
