Israelis wounded in shootings in the occupied West Bank
The attack comes as Israeli and Palestinian officials hold talks aimed at easing escalating violence in the occupied West Bank.
Israel’s Ambulance and Rescue Service said a 30-year-old man was injured when a moving vehicle was set on fire in Israel’s occupied West Bank on Sunday.
The Israeli military said it had received reports of “shooting incidents”. Huwaratowns that have been the focus of Israeli military raids and Settler Rampage the past few weeks.
Israeli medical sources said the man was shot in the upper body and was seriously injured, while his wife suffered minor injuries.
The Israeli military said either a soldier or a wounded man shot the Palestinian suspect and was subsequently arrested by the Israeli army.
The shooting took place as follows Israeli and Palestinian officials held talks at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh After a deadly surge in violence in the West Bank, people are trying to regain some composure before a delicate holiday period that begins this week.
A Palestinian gunman was killed last month two Israeli settlers Drive Huwara. This was followed by a rampage by Israeli settlers who killed a Palestinian man and set fire to dozens of homes and cars.
Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich also said that Huwala “wiped out”in the statement widely condemned.
The Israeli-occupied West Bank has seen a surge in conflict in recent months, with near-daily military raids and escalating settler violence.
Israeli settler-related violence The United Nations told Al Jazeera that attacks targeting Palestinians have reached their highest level since 2006.
An average of 3 violent incidents per day are recorded in 2023, compared to 2 per day in 2022 and 1 per day in 2021.
Sunday’s meeting, supported by regional allies Egypt and Jordan, and the United States, ended a year-long eruption of violence that killed more than 200 Palestinians and killed more than 40 in Israeli fires. This is my second attempt to make it work. An Israeli and his three Ukrainians died in a Palestinian attack.
Over the past year, Israeli forces have also made thousands of arrests in the West Bank.
A series of deadly military raids has raised questions about the possibility of holding meetings between Israel and the Palestinian authorities that govern a limited area of the West Bank.
The last meeting in Jordan late last month ended with an agreement to ease tensions.quickly derailed by some new explosive violenceincluding the Israeli raid on Nablus killed 11 Palestinianslowering expectations for the second installment.
Sunday’s shooting lowered those expectations even further.Still, mediators want to ease tensions ahead of Islamic holy month ramadanThis is due to start this week, coinciding with the Jewish holiday of Passover next month.
The Palestinian delegation will participate in tomorrow’s Sharm al-Sheikh conference and have a regional and international presence.to protect our rights #palestinian Bring freedom and independence to the people and demand an end to this continuum #Israel attack on us. https://t.co/tZWvTiArHT
— Hussein Alsheikh (@HusseinSheikhpl) March 18, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not mention the summit at his weekly ministerial meeting.
A senior Palestinian government official, Hussein al-Sheikh, tweeted on Saturday that the meeting was intended to “demand an end to Israel’s ongoing attacks against us.”