Palestinian shot dead as Israeli ‘undercover’ forces storm West Bank refugee camp
SMA NEWS – WEST BANK
A Palestinian has been killed after Israeli forces stormed a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
Ahmed Ibrahim Oweidat, 20, “succumbed to critical wounds sustained by live bullets to the head at dawn today in Aqabat Jaber camp” near Jericho, the Palestinian health ministry said.
It is the latest violent incident to take place in the West Bank and Israel as Ramadan and the Jewish holiday of Passover overlap.
The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said three men were injured when the “undercover” forces raided the camp overnight.
Israel’s army told AFP soldiers conducted an overnight operation in Aqabat “to apprehend wanted suspects”.
“During the operational activity, dozens of Palestinians violently rioted and attacked the soldiers,” it said. “The rioters burned tires and hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails at the soldiers.
“The soldiers responded with riot dispersal means and live ammunition,” the army said, adding no Israeli troops were hurt.
The incident comes after Israel’s defence ministry said on Monday it will reopen its only border crossing with the Gaza Strip to Palestinian workers, two days after closing it following a lull in rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave.
