Israeli forces killed a Palestinian on Thursday (January 12th) during an operation in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
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Samir Aouni Harbi Aslan, 41, was killed after a bullet fired by the Israeli occupation army passed through his chest
”, during a military incursion into the Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem , the ministry said in a brief statement.
Seventh Palestinian killed in violence
The Israeli army said it carried out an operation in this camp, during which “
suspects threw stones and paving stones from roofs in the direction of the soldiers, putting their lives in danger
”.
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The soldiers responded with riot dispersal means and live ammunition
" and hit one person, the army added in a statement.
Samir Aouni Harbi Aslan is the seventh Palestinian killed in violence with Israeli forces or civilians in the West Bank, Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967. The year 2022 was the deadliest in the West Bank since the end of the Second Intifada, the Palestinian uprising from 2000 to 2005, according to the UN.
According to an AFP count, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has killed at least 201 Palestinians (including 150 in the West Bank) and claimed the lives of at least 26 Israelis in 2022.
Since a wave of anti-Israeli attacks in March and April 2022, the army has stepped up operations in the areas of Jenin and Nablus, strongholds of armed Palestinian factions, in the northern West Bank.