Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in a targeted attack on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Saturday. The victim was identified as 34-year-old Nour al-Din Kamal Hassan Fayyad, who was “killed by occupation forces’ fire in the Jenin camp.”

The Israeli military claimed that troops opened fire after he allegedly tried to “infiltrate” the Jenin camp area, where soldiers are operating and entry is prohibited. Since January last year, Israel has launched major military operations in Palestinian refugee camps in the northern occupied territory, displacing 40,000 Palestinians according to UNRWA.

Separately, the Wafa news agency reported that Israeli soldiers arrested a young Palestinian man after assaulting him in the Shu’fat refugee camp, northeast of Jerusalem, and another from the village of Zawata, west of Nablus. Another Palestinian was assaulted by Israeli settlers in the town of Sinjil.

Israeli forces also stormed the cities of Tubas and Qalqilya, and the towns of Tammun and Zaatara, east of Bethlehem, and raided the village of Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah. Settlers set fire to an agricultural room and wrote racist slogans in the town of Turmus Aya.

Ramiz Alakbarov, the deputy UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, condemned an arson attack against a mosque and several vehicles in the village of Jibiya. “Attacks against religious sites and civilian property are unacceptable and undermine stability, human dignity, and freedom of worship,” he said.

Alakbarov called for an immediate and transparent investigation and for all perpetrators to be held accountable, adding that “these attacks must stop.” The incidents highlight escalating settler violence and intensifying Israeli operations in the occupied West Bank.

Source: www.aljazeera.com