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Israeli forces kill Palestinian raze house in Jericho

Saturday 21-October-2023

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed last night Jericho City the nearby refugee camps of Aqabat Jaber and Ein Al-Sultan refugee camps in the West Bank demolished a Palestinian house shot two young men one fatally and kidnaped two others.

According to local sources several IOF army vehicles stormed the refugee camps which provoked clashes with youths. The soldiers intensively fired live rounds rubber bullets and tear gas canisters during the events.

Medical sources said the soldiers shot and seriously injured a young man in his abdomen and moderately injured another in his arm. Later the seriously wounded Palestinian 17 was pronounced dead.

The soldiers also broke into and ransacked several homes before kidnaping Khamis Sarafandi from his home in Aqabat Jaber and Suleiman Abu Roumi from his home in Jericho City.

In addition Israeli forces ransacked the home of prisoner Maher Shalloon 44 in Aqabat Jaber camp forced the family out and detonated the property at dawn.

Maher was kidnaped on March 1st before the army stormed his home again a few days later and took measurements of the property as a prelude to demolishing it. He is charged with killing a Jewish settler on a road in the northern Jordan Valley.

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