On Friday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man after they surrounded his home in Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.
The Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority informed the Ministry of Health that Israeli forces fatally shot Omar Mustafa Abu Leil, 39, and prevented Palestinian medics from retrieving his body.
The killing followed a prolonged siege of a home at the entrance of Balata refugee camp, where Israeli forces surrounded the area for several hours before launching their attack.
Media sources reported that an Israeli military undercover unit stormed the vicinity after besieging it, encircling the house.
Shortly afterward, military reinforcements, including armored vehicles, arrived as gunfire and explosions echoed throughout the operation.
Israeli forces also blocked an ambulance from reaching the besieged house and sealed all entrances to the refugee camp, further isolating the area.
On Thursday evening, the Palestinian Health Ministry announced that Israeli forces shot and killed the young man, Alaa Shawkat Ahmad Khdeir, 29, in the town of Beita, south of Nablus.
Since the beginning of the year, Israeli forces have killed 133 Palestinian citizens in the occupied West Bank, including 24 children and 5 women, according to the Shireen Observatory.
Israeli Occupation forces and paramilitary colonizers have killed 55 Palestinians in Jenin, 20 in Tubas, 21 in Nablus, 14 in Tulkarem, 5 in Hebron, 5 in Bethlehem, 4 in Ramallah, 3 in Qalqilia, 2 in Salfit and 3 in Jerusalem.
Since October 7, 2023, Israeli soldiers and paramilitary colonizers have killed 967 Palestinians, including 196 children, 22 women, 16 elders and 1 journalist, in the occupied West Bank.
279 were killed in Jenin governorate, 210 in Tulkarem, 113 in Nablus, 87 in Tubas, 82 in Hebron, 63 in Ramallah and Al-Biereh, 53 in Jerusalem, 36 in Qalqilia, 26 in Bethlehem, 12 in Jericho and Northern Plains, and 6 in Salfit.
On Friday, the 46th day since the resumption of genocide in Gaza, Israeli occupation forces continue to bombard various areas of the devastated coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians since dawn on Thursday. Gaza is facing an increasingly dire humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by relentless airstrikes, a suffocating siege, and the severe lack of aid supplies.
The Palestinian Health Ministry announced that the death toll in Gaza has surpassed 52,418, the majority of whom are children and women, in addition to thousands who remain under the rubble since October 7, 2023, with emergency and civil defense teams unable to reach them. More than 118,091 Palestinians, largely children and women have been injured since October 7, while many victims remain trapped beneath the rubble with emergency services unable to reach them.
