Jerusalem, 24 July (LaPresse/AP) – Four Palestinians and one Israeli have been killed in a shooting in the north of the West Bank. This has been reported by medical sources, who added that several other people were injured. The circumstances of the shooting, which took place near the city of Nablus, remain unclear at this stage. There has been an escalation of violence in the Israeli-occupied territory in recent days. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah stated that the four Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces. The Israeli emergency services, Magen David Adom, have not specified who killed the Israeli man. Palestinian health officials have stated that they are treating four injured Palestinians, three of whom are in critical condition. The Israeli emergency services reported that two injured Israelis were evacuated by helicopter from the West Bank. The Israeli army said in a statement that soldiers had responded to a report of an attack on Israeli civilians who were on a hike near the Havat Gilad settlement, west of Nablus. It added that it had imposed a “temporary cordon” around Nablus and the nearby Palestinian village of Tell.
Middle East: Shooting in the West Bank leaves four Palestinians and one Israeli dead
Jerusalem, 24 July (LaPresse/AP) – Four Palestinians and one Israeli have been killed in a shooting in the north of the West Bank. This has been reported by medical sources, who added that several other people were injured. The circumstances of the shooting, which took place near the city of Nablus, remain unclear at this stage. There has been an escalation of violence in the Israeli-occupied territory in recent days. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Ramallah stated that the four Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces. The Israeli emergency services, Magen David Adom, have not specified who killed the Israeli man. Palestinian health officials have stated that they are treating four injured Palestinians, three of whom are in critical condition. The Israeli emergency services reported that two injured Israelis were evacuated by helicopter from the West Bank. The Israeli army said in a statement that soldiers had responded to a report of an attack on Israeli civilians who were on a hike near the Havat Gilad settlement, west of Nablus. It added that it had imposed a “temporary cordon” around Nablus and the nearby Palestinian village of Tell.
