A Palestinian teenager was killed on Thursday, September 15, during new clashes with the Israeli army in a sector of the north of the occupied West Bank which has been plagued by great tension in recent months. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 17-year-old Uday Salah was killed by a “headshot” by Israeli forces during an operation in the village of Kfar Dan, located near Jenin, a region of the West Bank at the heart of armed clashes in recent months.
On Wednesday, an Israeli soldier and two Palestinians from the village of Kfar Dan were killed in exchanges of fire at the Jalameh checkpoint, a crossing point between Israel and the occupied West Bank located a few kilometers from Jenin. Palestinian sources reported, early Thursday morning, the presence of Israeli forces in the village of Kfar Dan.
A resurgence of violence
For its part, the Israeli army indicated that it was deployed in Kfar Dan to “identify the houses of the two terrorists” having killed an Israeli soldier, with the aim of then destroying them as required by its policy against the perpetrators of anti-Israeli attacks. Israeli commander Bar Falah, 30, was buried Wednesday night at the Netanya Military Cemetery, north of Tel Aviv.
Since a series of anti-Israeli attacks from March that left 19 dead, the Israeli army has stepped up its operations in the northern West Bank, territory occupied since 1967 by the Jewish state, particularly in the regions of Nablus. and Jenin where Palestinian armed groups are active. These operations, frequently interspersed with clashes with the local population or combatants, left dozens dead on the Palestinian side and led to the arrest of more than 1,500 people, according to the head of the Israeli army, Aviv Kohavi.