AL-QUDS (Dispatches) –Zionist troops shot and killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, the latest in a bout of surging violence by the occupying regime.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the 40-year-old man, identified as Hamdi Shaker Abdullah Abu Dayyah, was shot and killed by Zionist troops in Halhul, north of the West Bank city of Al-Khalil.
Security sources told Palestinian Wafa news agency that the Zionist troops were manning a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Halhoul, north of Al-Khalil, when they opened fire at the Palestinian man.
Dayyeh was critically injured before he was pronounced dead.
Witnesses said the Zionist troops prevented ambulances from reaching the Palestinian man, whose body was held by the regime’s army.
The latest death brings the number of Palestinians killed this year to 15, including four children.
On Monday, a Palestinian teenager succumbed to his wounds hours after being shot by the regime’s military during a raid south of the central West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Zionist troops launch raids on various cities of the occupied West Bank almost on a daily basis under the pretext of detaining what it calls “wanted” Palestinians. The raids usually lead to violent confrontations with residents.
Over the past months, the Zionist regime has ramped up attacks on Palestinian towns and cities throughout the occupied territories. As a result of these attacks, dozens of Palestinians have lost their lives and many others have been arrested.
The United Nations has marked 2022 as the deadliest year for Palestinians in the West Bank in 16 years.
Zionist troops killed at least 171 Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied East Al-Quds last year, including more than 30 children. At least 9,000 others were injured as well.
Reacting to fresh Zionist crimes, the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas said in a statement on Friday that it holds the occupying regime accountable for its continued crimes and violations against Palestinians, and reaffirms that the occupying regime’s acts of aggression will not go unnoticed.