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Does shootout threaten Israeli-Palestinian security ties?

A recent run-in between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian security forces in the West Bank raises questions about the future of their security coordination.
An Israeli soldier takes a position as forces search for a Palestinian gunman near Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank March 17, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman - RC17DA0326D0
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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The calm that had prevailed in Nablus in the northern West Bank turned into an overnight battle early June 11 after Israeli soldiers surrounded and opened fire on the Palestinian Preventive Security (PPS) headquarters. Palestinian security officers responded and two of the men were slightly wounded.

The exchange of fire was the most dangerous between Palestinian security forces and the Israeli army since Operation Defensive Shield in the West Bank in 2002, when Israeli forces invaded Palestinian cities and destroyed Palestinian security headquarters.

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