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Israeli troops fire bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at Palestinian youths who throw stones and Molotov cocktails.
At least six people have been hospitalized, three with gunshot wounds, after Israeli forces opened fire on stone-throwing Palestinian youths during an Israeli raid on the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
A witness told the Reuters news agency that a large Israeli military convoy arrived early Thursday in the center of Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian government, prompting hundreds of Palestinians to gather in the area.
Israeli forces, reportedly engaged in an operation to demolish a house in Ramallah, fired live bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at the stone-throwing crowd of Palestinian youths, the witness said, while video clips posted to social media uploaded supposedly molotov show. cocktails thrown at Israeli troops.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least six people were taken to hospital for treatment, including three with gunshot wounds.
It’s raining Molotovs in Ramallah
Violent confrontations between Palestinian youth and Israeli occupation forces continue pic.twitter.com/LmCUqZ4Q22
— Younis | يونس (@ytirawi) June 7, 2023
Social media reports claimed that a Palestinian journalist was also shot by Israeli forces in Ramallah, with some online commentators referring to the 2022 killing by Israeli forces of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh while reporting on an Israeli attack on the occupied city of Jenin in the West Bank.
Israeli officials initially accused Palestinian fighters of fatally shooting the veteran reporter, and it was not until months after Abu Akleh’s assassination that Israel acknowledged that one of its soldiers was likely responsible. Israel dismissed the killing of Abu Akleh by one of its soldiers as accidental and has not opened a criminal investigation. Abu Akleh’s family has filed an official complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to demand justice for her death.
Israel said its troops operated in Ramallah on Thursday “to demolish the residence” of a suspect in a bombing in Jerusalem last year, Reuters reported.
Two people, including an Israeli-Canadian teenager, were killed and at least 14 injured in what Israeli police said were explosions from improvised bombs planted at bus stops at the city’s exit and at an intersection leading to a settlement.
“Demolishing the homes of fighters is a collective punishment that falls under the war crimes the occupation is committing against our people,” said Abdel Fattah Dola of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party.
The Palestinian news agency WAFA said a force of about 100 Israeli military vehicles was involved in the nighttime operation that injured six people – including Palestinian photojournalist Moumen Sumrein – and demolished the home of a Palestinian prisoner, Islam Froukh. According to the news agency, Sumrein was shot in the head by a rubber bullet and is being treated in hospital.
“At around 5:30 am (03:30 GMT), the army completed the demolition of Froukh’s house and destroyed it from the inside due to its location on the first floor of a four-storey building, displacing his parents and four sisters who lived in the apartment ,” WAFA reported.
Froukh was arrested in December for his alleged involvement in the bombing in Jerusalem, WAFA added.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said at least 158 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since January.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that 20 Israelis and two foreigners were killed in Palestinian attacks during the same period.
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