West Bank07 September, 20262 min read
Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Near Jenin After Vehicular Attack, Detain Suspect
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Palestinian motorist killed by Israeli forces after attempted vehicle-ramming near Ganim east of Jenin. Israeli forces reported no casualties among themselves in the incident.
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Jenin, Ganim, and a detention
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man near the city of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank after he “attempted to carry out a vehicular attack” near an illegal settlement, and an army spokesperson said the shooting took place near the illegal settlement of Ganim, east of the Palestinian city of Jenin. The army spokesperson said there were no casualties among Israeli forces, and the Palestine Red Crescent Society said Israeli forces prevented their medical team from reaching the victim, the Wafa news agency reported.
In a separate incident, an Israeli settler was fatally shot in an attack near the illegal settlement of Halamish in the central West Bank, and police said the 30-year-old man was taken to a hospital where he died of his wounds. The military said the suspect opened fire from a vehicle and left the scene on foot, and the military said the man, who was injured while fleeing, was detained at a hospital where he had sought care.
Halamish escalation and closures
Israeli forces imposed tight security measures after the killing of a settler in a shooting near the settlement of Halamish (Nevi Tzof) northwest of Ramallah, and the escalation included road closures and a curfew in several neighborhoods in the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Israeli officials said a gunman fired from a car toward Israeli settlers in the area and fled, and the Israeli army said a soldier near the shooting site reached it minutes later and shot the gunman, wounding him.
The Israeli army said the injured Palestinian youth named Qudri Samara from the village of Badou fled to a hospital in Ramallah for treatment before the Israeli army announced his arrest after finding him injured inside a hospital in Ramallah. Israeli forces closed all checkpoints in the area and the Palestinian reports said the manhunt caused heavy traffic jams in parts of the West Bank, while the Israeli army also stormed the Badou village northwest of occupied Jerusalem and besieged the Abd Allah bin Jaber Mosque during the afternoon prayer.
Death penalty demands and wider violence
Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir demanded on Sunday that the suspect face the death penalty, and he said this is the “first case that meets the criteria of the Death Penalty Law” since the Knesset adopted the law in March this year. Ben-Gvir’s position came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered the military and security agencies to increase their forces and carry out arrests and offensive activities in the area, and he ordered the demolition of the suspected attacker’s home.
The Reuters account said violence flared in the occupied West Bank on Sunday when a suspected Palestinian gunman shot dead an Israeli man near the settlement of Neve Tzuf, and Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian motorist attempting to run them over. The Reuters report said Netanyahu instructed security agencies to beef up their forces and carry out arrests and offensive activities in the area, and it said Hamas praised the shooting attack but did not claim responsibility for it.