Israeli forces shot and killed a 29-year-old Palestinian man, Abdul Karim Muhammad Salem Khader, in Aqraba, south of Nablus, on Tuesday after besieging his home with an Energa antitank rifle grenade. The Israeli army claims the victim was armed and tried to attack soldiers, but this account has not been confirmed by other sources. At least 10 people were arrested during widespread raids in the occupied West Bank, including in Anata and Hebron. Israeli forces have also withheld the body of the deceased man, preventing his family from accessing it.
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On Tuesday, Israeli forces shot and killed a 29-year-old Palestinian man named Abdul Karim Muhammad Salem Khader in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus. The Israeli military claimed that Khader was an armed individual who tried to attack soldiers, but Palestine's Wafa news agency reported that he was killed after Israeli forces besieged his home and targeted it with an Energa antitank rifle grenade. Following the shooting, the Israelis withheld Khader's body from his family. This incident occurred as part of a broader Israeli operation in the West Bank, which included raids in the towns of Anata and Dura, and the Shu'fat refugee camp in East Jerusalem. At least 10 people were arrested in connection with these raids, including Fayez al-Jabari and his son.
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Israeli forces shot and killed a 29-year-old man in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus.
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forces → shoot → Nablus
They then withheld his body, Palestine’s Wafa news agency reported.
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agency → withhold → body
Abdul Karim Muhammad Salem Khader was killed on Tuesday after Israeli forces besieged his home and targeted it with an Energa antitank rifle grenade.
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forces → kill → grenade
According to security sources, Israeli forces used a bulldozer to demolish sections of his home after raiding Aqraba and surrounding the building.
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forces → accord → building
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ministers → become → Gaza
An Israeli army spokesperson claimed that the army killed an armed man who tried to attack soldiers.
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who → claim → soldiers
The Israeli army launched widespread raids early on Tuesday in the occupied West Bank, including in the town of Anata and the Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied East Jerusalem, and Dura, near Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.
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army → launch → Bank
In Dura and Hebron, Israeli forces arrested at least 10 people, including Fayez al-Jabari and his son and two former prisoners who had been released, Ayoub al-Awawda and Montaser Shadid, Wafa reported.
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Wafa → arrest → Jabari
Also in southern Hebron, Israeli forces have started demolishing homes in the village of Khallit al-Dabe in Masafer Yatta, according to an Al Jazeera correspondent.
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Israeli forces have closed all entrances to Shu’fat and Anata and banned residents from entering or exiting, Wafa reported.
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Adnan Ghaith, Jerusalem’s governor, said that the raids in Anata are a continuation of Israeli attempts to impose a siege on northeast Jerusalem.
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He added that forces are preventing ambulances from reaching the injured.
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Also in Anata, Israeli forces bulldozed main water lines, threatening residents’ water access.
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forces → bulldoze → access
An Al Jazeera correspondent reported that the raids in Shu’fat are similar to the widespread violent raids Israeli forces have been conducting in Qalqilya.
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