The number of people killed in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reached 100 on Friday. Since the beginning of the year, 86 Palestinians, 13 Israelis and one Ukrainian have been killed.
A Palestinian was killed on Friday by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank, who said he threatened them with a knife, bringing to 100 the death toll in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since earlier this year.
A 23-year-old Palestinian, identified as Yazan Omar Jamil Khasib, died “after being shot by the occupation forces at the northern entrance to the town of Al-Bireh,” near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian ministry said. . of Health, in a statement.
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For its part, the Israeli army stated that “soldiers spotted a suspect and asked him to identify himself,” adding that “the suspect drew a knife and approached (Israeli) forces, who returned fire.”
In a sentence, added that “the attacker was neutralized”, specifying that the incident took place in the vicinity of Beitina Palestinian town near Al-Bireh, and that no soldiers were injured.
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The West Bank is a Palestinian territory occupied by Israel since 1967.
Since the beginning of the year, The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has already caused the death of 86 Palestinians, 13 Israelis and a Ukrainianaccording to a survey conducted by AFP, based on official Israeli and Palestinian sources.
Source: Observadora
