RAMALLAH (Dispatches) –
Zionist troops have killed a Palestinian man and injured others during an overnight raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Monday that 37-year-old Ashraf Mohammad Ameen Ibrahim had died from gunshot wounds to his chest and stomach.
Ibrahim was an officer in the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence services, according to the authority’s news agency, Wafa.
Hundreds of residents attended a funeral procession held for him hours after he was pronounced dead, and local officials in Jenin announced a daylong general strike.
The Zionist regime’s raid began at 1:30am on Monday (22:30 GMT on Sunday) and lasted until 6am (03:00 GMT), during which fighting between soldiers and Palestinian armed resistance fighters broke out. It is unclear whether or how Ibrahim was involved in the fighting.
At least eight other Palestinian men were injured with live ammunition and six were arrested during the raid, during which Zionist snipers were stationed on rooftops, Wafa reported. The homes of those arrested were ransacked, local media images and videos showed.
Zionist troops carry out near-nightly raids on Palestinians in the occupied territories, often arresting multiple people.
Over the past months, the 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.
Most of the raids have focused on Nablus and Jenin, where Zionist troops have been trying to stifle a growing Palestinian resistance in the occupied cities.
In another development, the Undersecretary of the Palestinian Ministry of Social Development, Assem Khamis, said all 170 Palestinian children who are currently imprisoned by the Zionist regim have been subjected to various forms of abuse and torture.
Speaking before the regional conference on preventing grave violations against children in armed conflicts held in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Sunday, Khamis said since 2005 until 2022, the regime has detained 7,500 Palestinian children, adding that the State of Palestine is keen to protect all children from any activity that leads to their involvement in armed conflicts, especially children who have previously been arrested by the occupying regime.
“The Israeli occupation seeks, in a permanent and continuous attempt, to obstruct the lives of the Palestinian children, and targets them with arrests, harassment, and expose them to violence and threats,” he said.
He called to hold the occupying regime, accountable for violations related to children’s rights before international courts, in addition to supporting the Ministry of Development to be able to protect, care and rehabilitate Palestinian children.