![]() But local youths protesting the incursions as well as some civilians have also been killed in the violence. Most of those killed are said by Israel to have been militants. The last round of substantive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks ended in 2009. Palestinian security forces say the military raids have undermined their credibility and public support, especially in the absence of any political process. Israel says it is forced to act because Palestinian security forces, who coordinate with the military in a tense alliance against Islamic militants, are unable or unwilling to crack down. The Israeli military says it opens fire only in life-threatening situations. Rights groups accuse Israeli forces of using excessive force in their dealings with the Palestinians, without being held accountable. The killings occurred a day after two Palestinian teenagers, ages 14 and 17, were killed by Israeli fire in separate incidents elsewhere in the occupied West Bank. Just before noon, the Israeli forces withdrew from the area. It said soldiers opened fire during the raid when dozens of Palestinians hurled explosives and shot at them. It said the man had recently been involved in shooting attacks on Israeli soldiers. The Israeli military said it had arrested a 25-year-old operative from the Islamic Jihad militant group who has previously been imprisoned by Israel. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the dead as Mahmoud al-Sous, 18, and Ahmad Daraghmeh, 16. The Palestinian Health Ministry reported two dead and 11 wounded, three of them critically. In videos circulated on social media, exchanges of fire could be heard. Palestinian officials said soldiers entered the camp early Saturday and surrounded a house. The camp is known as a stronghold of Palestinian militants. Most of the military activity has been focused on the Palestinian cities of Jenin and Nablus in the northern West Bank.Įarlier Saturday, the Israeli military shot and killed two Palestinian teens during an arrest raid in the Jenin refugee camp, the site of repeated clashes between Israeli forces and local gunmen and residents. Israel already has been carrying out daily arrest raids in the occupied West Bank since a series of deadly Palestinian attacks inside Israel. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state. It considers the entire city, including east Jerusalem, home to the city's most important holy sites, to be its capital. Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed the area in a move that is not recognized internationally. We are also strong on this difficult evening." ![]() "Our hearts tonight are with the wounded and their families," said Prime Minister Yair Lapid. Police said early Sunday that they had arrested one person on suspicion of involvement in the attack but were continuing the manhunt. Police said they were searching for the attacker, with special forces and a helicopter involved in the search. Police said two members of the paramilitary border police unit were lightly wounded by shrapnel. ![]() The army announced early Sunday that the soldier, who was 19, had died. ![]() Police said the assailant got out of a car and opened fire, seriously wounding the female soldier and a security guard before running into the camp. Saturday night's shooting occurred at a checkpoint near the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem. It also came less than 24 hours before Israel was to begin celebrating the weeklong Sukkot holiday, a time when tens of thousands of Jews visit the holy city. It was the latest bloodshed in the deadliest round of fighting in the area in seven years. The attack came hours after a pair of Palestinian teenagers were killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank. A Palestinian opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint in east Jerusalem on Saturday night, killing a female Israeli soldier and wounding three other people, Israeli authorities said.
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