Israeli forces have shot dead at least three Palestinians, including two Palestinian Authority (PA) military intelligence officers, in a predawn raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian authorities said on Thursday.
The Palestinian health ministry identified the two officers as Adham Yasser Alawi, 23, and Tayseer Issa, 32, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported, adding that the third victim was Jamil al-Amuri, who had been imprisoned in Israeli jails.
Another Palestinian officer, Muhammad al-Bazour, 23, was critically injured during the Israeli undercover mission and has been moved to an Israeli hospital, according to Wafa.
An online video the Associated Press had access to appears to show Palestinian officers taking cover behind a vehicle as gunshots are heard in the background. One shouts that they are exchanging fire with Israeli “undercover” forces.
Violent confrontations between Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jewish Israelis have resumed in several cities inside Israel as the Israeli military continued air raids on the besieged Gaza Strip and Hamas fired rockets into Israel for a third day on Wednesday.
The crisis, which started with Israeli efforts to displace Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, has sparked intra-communal tensions within Israel, with some Palestinian citizens staging protests in recent days.
In Bat Yam, about 13 kilometres (eight miles) south of Tel Aviv, right-wing Jewish Israelis ransacked stores and beat a man they believed to be Palestinian, Israeli media reported.
Footage of the attack, which was aired live on television, showed a man being forcibly removed from his car and beaten by a crowd of dozens. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reported that it “looked like an attempted public lynching”.
Violent clashes between Palestinian Israeli citizens and Israeli Jews have resumed in several Israeli cities The Israeli military continued with airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip and Hamas fired rockets at Israel on Tuesday.
The crisis, which began with Israel’s efforts to displace Palestinian families in East Israel, has sparked tensions within the community within Israel, and some Palestinian citizens have staged protests in recent days.
In Bat Yam, about 13 kilometers south of Tel Aviv, right-wing Israeli Jews searched the shops and beat up a man believed to be Palestinian, Israeli media reported.
Films of the attack aired live on television showed a man forcibly pulling out of his car and beating dozens of people. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reported that “it looked like an attempt at public lynching.”
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