Israel strikes Gaza, as unrest grows in West Bank
A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli raid in the West Bank on Monday, hours after Israel carried out strikes in Gaza in response to rocket fire from the territory, its military said
A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli raid in the West Bank on Monday. Israel also struck the Gaza Strip overnight in response to rocket fire from the territory.
The Palestinian Authority reported that Ameer al-Bustami, 21, was killed and seven others were injured during an Israeli raid in the West Bank city of Nablus. The PA also said that 17 Palestinians were arrested in pre-dawn raids throughout the West Bank Monday, according to the PA’s official WAFA news agency.
Avichay Adraee, an Israel Defense Forces' spokesperson, said that Israeli forces arrested two men in Nablus — Osama Tawil and Kemal al-Jawri — who were wanted in connection to the killing of Israeli soldier Ido Baruch. The IDF arrested three other individuals as well. No Israeli soldiers were killed in the clashes, but Adraee noted “several casualties” on the Palestinian side in a series of tweets.
Baruch was shot dead near the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron in October. A Palestinian group known as the Lions’ Den claimed credit for the attack, according to Israeli news outlets.
