JERICHO, (PIC)
A Palestinian citizen was killed and two others were injured when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at them during raids in Jericho at dawn Tuesday.
According to a medical source at the Jericho Hospital and local sources, 44-year-old Shadi Ghalayta, a father of three children, was fatally injured in his chest after Israeli soldiers stormed Jericho City and opened fire at him.
Martyr Shadi is the brother of prisoner Fadi Ghalayta who has been in jail for 24 years, serving a 25-year sentence.
Meanwhile, two other citizens also suffered bullet injuries, one seriously, during IOF raids on homes in the refugee camps of Aqabat Jabr and Ein as-Sultan in the south and north of Jericho City.
The IOF also stormed different neighborhoods of Jericho City and ad-Duyuk al-Foqa village, northwest of Jericho.
The IOF reportedly kidnaped one citizen from his home in Ein as-Sultan camp.
